List of active separatist movements in Asia

This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Asia. Separatism includes autonomism and secessionism. What is and is not considered an autonomist or secessionist movement is sometimes contentious. Entries on this list must meet three criteria:

  1. They are active movements with current, active members.
  2. They are seeking greater autonomy or self-determination for a geographic region (as opposed to personal autonomy).
  3. They are the citizen/peoples of the conflict area and not comes from other country.

Under each region listed is one or more of the following:

Afghanistan

Badakhshan (Near the Wakhan Corridor)

Azerbaijan

Breakaway state:

 Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan is geographic in Asia but politically in Europe

Bangladesh

Bengali Hindus

Burma/Myanmar

Arakan

Zo Asia

Kachin

Kawthoolei

Karenni

Mon State

Nagaland

Northern Arakan

Shan States

Wa State

Zale'n-gam

Zogam

Cyprus

Breakaway state:

 Northern Cyprus

Cyprus is geographic in Asia but politically in Europe

Georgia

Breakaway states:

Abkhazia

 South Ossetia

Proposed autonomous movements:

Armenia Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti

Azerbaijan Borchali Azerbaijanis

China

The  People's Republic of China and the  Republic of China insist sole legitimacy of China against each other. Practically, the former is administering Mainland China and the two special administrative regions of  Hong Kong and  Macau and the latter is administering the Taiwan area.

Inner Mongolia

Tibet Autonomous Region

Xinjiang

Hong Kong

Taiwan

Main articles: Political status of Taiwan and Taiwan independence

In perspective of the laws of the Republic of China, the Taiwan independence movement is considered as secessionism, but practically, the movement seeks to replace the ROC with the Republic of Taiwan because Taiwan area is the only practical region administered by the ROC.

In perspective of the laws of the People's Republic of China, the Taiwan independence movement is considered as secessionism, too because the PRC considers the Taiwan area as its integral part.

India

See also: Naxalite-Maoist insurgency and Insurgency in Northeast India

Assam

Jammu and Kashmir

Manipur

Mizoram

Nagaland

Tripura

Indonesia

Kalimantan

Minahasa[16][17]

Riau[18]

South Moluccas

West Papua

Iran

Azerbaijan (Iran)

Turkmen Sahra

Khūzestān

 Kurdistan

Balochistan

Iraq

See: Minorities in Iraq

Breakaway state:

The Islamic State

Purposed states:

 Kurdistan

Ba'athist Iraq

 Assyria

Turkmeneli

Sinjar

Israel

Proposed states:

State of Judea

Occupied territories:

 Palestine

Japan

Hokkaido [26][27]

Okinawa

Laos

Hmong ChaoFa

Member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

Lebanon

Hezbollah

Malaysia

Sarawak Sarawak[28][29]

Sabah Sabah[28][29]

Nepal

Madheshstan

Pakistan

Balochistan [32]

Palestine

See: International recognition of Palestine/currently mostly occupied by Israel as part of the Palestinian territories

State of Judea

Philippines

Bangsamoro Region/Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao

Cordillera Administrative Region

Russian Federation

Main article: Secession in Russia

 Sakha Republic

 Siberia (North Asia)

Tuva

Sri Lanka

 Tamil Eelam

Syria

Breakaway states:

The Islamic State

Western Kurdistan

Free Syria

Proposed states:

Alawite State

As-Suwayda

Aram

 Assyria

Occupied territories:

Golan Heights (occupied by Israel)

Tajikistan

Badakhshan

Thailand

Patani

Turkey

Northern Kurdistan[47]

Western Armenia#Current situation[48]

Uzbekistan

Karakalpakstan

Vietnam

' Champa

Tây Nguyên

Cochinchina

Yemen

Aden

South Yemen

See also

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