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self-determination
Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage.
separatism
Separatism is the advocacy of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, regional, governmental, or gender separation from the larger group. As with secession, separatism conventionally refers to full political separation. Groups simply seeking greater autonomy are usually not considered separatists. Some discourse settings equate separatism with religious segregation, racial segregation, or sex segregation, while other discourse settings take the broader view that separation by choice may serve useful purposes and is not the same as government-enforced segregation. There is some academic de
Ambazonia
Scottish independence
Scottish political movement
stateless nation
ethnic/national minority that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation state
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia
autonomous region in Georgia
Sąjūdis
The Sąjūdis (, ), initially known as the Reform Movement of Lithuania (), is a political organisation which led the struggle for Lithuanian independence in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was established on 3 June 1988 as the first opposition party in Soviet Lithuania, and was led by Vytautas Landsbergis. Its goal was to seek the return of independent status for Lithuania.
Taiwan independence movement
political movement in Taiwan to found a state formally independent of, and not asserting sovereignty over, both Republic of China and People's Republic of China
Irish nationalism
political movement asserting the sovereignty and unity of the Irish people
Republic of Lakotah
proposed republic in the United States
East Turkestan independence movement
political and social Uyghur movement for the independence of Oriental Turkestan, in Xinjiang, autonomous province of China
Cascadia
proposed country in North America
separatist feminism
theory that feminist opposition to patriarchy can be achieved through women's separation from men
Ukrainian nationalism
ideology aiming to create an ethno-state of Ukrainians
Popular Front of Latvia
Former Latvian political independence movement and party
Free Papua Movement
umbrella term for independence movement for West Papua (the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua), with both militant and nonviolent elements
Republic of West Papua
a proposed country that is recognized as a separatist terrorist organization by the Government of Indonesia
queer nationalism
Nationalism
Western Togoland
region of Ghana and self-proclaimed state
Free Aceh Movement
military unit
Southern Movement
Yemeni southern separatist movement and organization
Hong Kong independence
political movement advocating Hong Kong's independence from China
Greenlandic independence
political movement
Popular Front of Estonia
Estonian political party
Latvian National Independence Movement
former nationalist political party in Latvia
Year of Africa
1960, year of the independence of 17 African countries
decolonization of the Americas
process by which the countries in the Americas gained their independence from European rule
Republic of New Afrika
Black nationalist American social movement
Rhenish Republic
short lived republic in the Rhineland
Republic of Cabinda
unrecognized state in Cabinda Province, Angola (1975–76)
Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization
political party in Iran
Union for National Progress
political party
Democratic Party
political party in Cambodia
Cornish nationalism
political independence movement in Cornwall
Dravida Nadu
concept
London independence
political movement in the United Kingdom
Bangsamoro Republik
former breakaway state in the Philippines
O Sul é o Meu País
separatist movement
Ryukyu independence movement
Japanese political movement
Mon National Liberation Army
insurgent group in Myanmar
Belarusian Popular Front
political party
Faroese independence movement
political movement seeking independence of the Faroe Islands from Denmark
Madeira Archipelago Liberation Front
Portuguese terrorist paramilitary organisation
Kawthoolei
thumb|The KNU flag, sometimes used as the flag of Kawthoolei Kawthoolei (, ; ) is the endonym for a proposed state that the Karen nationalists have sought to establish in Myanmar since the beginning of the Karen conflict in the late 1940s. In general, Kawthoolei refers to the aspirational hypothetical state imagined by Karen separatist leaders. The area variously defined as being part of Kawthoolei includes areas where other ethnic groups, such as the Mon people, predominantly live.
East Turkistan Government in Exile
established in 2004
Arab separatism in Khuzestan
Arab nationalist movement in Khuzestan advocating for Arab separatism from Iran
Assyrian independence movement
movement calling for Assyrian independence and self-governance
Berlin Committee
German organization
Ulster nationalism
ideology that supports independence for Northern Ireland
Azores Liberation Front
political party in Portugal
right to exist
conceptual right of nations
English independence
political movement in the United Kingdom
Southern Cameroons National Council
political organization in Cameroon
South Tyrolean Liberation Committee
secessionist terrorist group in South Tyrol
Chuvash nationalism
nationalist movement in Russia
Free Province of Guayaquil
defunct independent state in South America
Inner Mongolian independence movement
independence movement in East Asia
Estonian nationalism
overview of Estonian nationalism
Free City of Danzig Government in Exile
self-declared government in exile
Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa
political international in southern Africa