This is a list of active separatist movements in Asia. Separatism can include autonomism and secessionism, despite the fact that independence is the primary goal of many separatist movements. Many separatist movements arise as a result of religious, racial, social, and cultural disparities between certain peoples and the majority or ruling class in a country.

Criteria
What is and is not considered an autonomist or secessionist movement is sometimes contentious. Entries on this list must meet three criteria:
 They are active movements with active members.
 They are seeking greater autonomy or self-determination for a geographic region (as opposed to personal autonomy).
 They are citizens/people of the conflict area and do not come from another country.

Under each region listed is one or more of the following:
 De facto state (de facto entity): for unrecognized regions with de facto autonomy.
 Proposed state: proposed name for a seceding sovereign state.
 Proposed autonomous area: for movements towards greater autonomy for an area but not outright secession.
 De facto autonomous government: for governments with de facto autonomous control over a region.
 Government-in-exile: for a government based outside of the region in question, with or without control.
 Political party (or parties): for political parties involved in a political system to push for autonomy or secession.
 Militant organisation(s): for armed organisations.
 Advocacy group(s): for non-belligerent, non-politically participatory entities.
 Ethnic/ethno-religious/racial/regional/religious group(s).

Afghanistan

Secessionist movements

Hazarajat

 Ethnic group: Hazara people
 Proposed state:  Hazarajat
 Political party:  Hazarajat Freedom Movement

South Turkestan 
 Ethnic group:  Uyghurs, Tajiks, Uzbeks and Turkic people
 Proposed state: Southern Turkestan
 Militant organisations:  Turkestan Freedom Tigers

Badakhshan Province
 ethnic group: Pamiri people
 proposed state: Greater Badakhshan (unification with Gorno Badakhshan) Or autonomy
 political party: Lali Badakhshan

Azerbaijan 

Unrecognized state

Territory of the former  Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast

 People: Armenians in Azerbaijan
 De facto state:  (recognised by 3 non-UN members)
 Proposed: recognition of Artsakh status based on self-determination principle
 Political organisation: National Assembly
 Military organisation: Artsakh Defense Army

Autonomist movements 

Territory of the short-lived  Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic
 People: Talysh people
 Proposed: Talysh province with regional administration within the borders of Azerbaijan
 Political organisation: Talysh National Movement
 Government in exile:  Talysh-Mughan Autonomous Republic

Lezgistan
 Ethnic group: Lezgins
 Proposed: Autonomy or outright independence for  Lezgistan
 Political organisation:  Sadval movement, Federal Lezgian National and Cultural Autonomy

Bangladesh 

 Chittagong Hill Tracts

 Ethnic group: Jumma people
 Proposed: Autonomy for the Chittagong Hill Tracts
 Political parties: Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti, United People's Democratic Front

 Zale'n-gam
 Ethnic group: Kuki
 Proposed state:  Zale'n-gam
 Militant organisation: Kuki National Army
 Advocacy group: Kuki National Organisation

 Zogam (Parts of Chittagong hill tracts)
 Ethnic group: Zomi
 Proposed state:  Zogam
 Militant organisation: Zomi Revolutionary Army

China 

 Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

 Ethnic group: Uyghurs
 Proposed state:  East Turkestan
 Political parties: East Turkistan Government-in-Exile, East Turkistan National Awakening Movement
 Militant organization: Turkistan Islamic Party and East Turkestan Liberation Organization

 Hong Kong

 Ethnic group: Han Chinese of Hong Kong
 Proposed state:  Hong Kong or unification with the  as a  Overseas Territory
 Political parties: Youngspiration, Hong Kong Indigenous, Hong Kong National Party, Alliance of Resuming British Sovereignty over Hong Kong and Independence and Hong Kong Independence Party

 Tibet

 Ethnic group: Tibetan people
 Proposed state:  Tibet (includes all of Xizang and parts of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan)
 Political parties: Government of Tibet in Exile, Tibetan Youth Congress, International Tibet Independence Movement

Minor movements

  Shanghainese nationalism, Shanghai independence movement
  Inner Mongolian independence movement (Inner Mongolia is also a member of the UNPO Main political parties advocating for Inner Mongolia independence are: Southern Mongolian Democratic Alliance, Mongolian Liberal Union Party, Inner Mongolian People's Party )

Georgia 

Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia

 People: Abkhazians
 De facto state:  (recognized by 6 UN members)
 Political organization: Government of Abkhazia
 Militant organization: Abkhazian Armed Forces

Territory of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast

 People: Ossetians
 De facto state:  (recognized by 5 UN members)
 Political organization: Government of South Ossetia
 Militant organization: Armed Forces of South Ossetia

Javakheti

 Ethnic group: Armenians in Samtskhe–Javakheti
 Proposed: Autonomy for the region  Javakhk (Javakheti)
 Political party: United Javakhk Democratic Alliance

India 

Separatist

Assam

 Proposed state: Assam
 Ethnic group: Assamese
 Militant organizations:  United Liberation Front of Asom,  Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam

Nagaland

 Proposed state:  Nagalim
 Ethnic group: Naga people
 Militant organization:  National Socialist Council of Nagaland

Kashmir
 Proposed: independence or autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir from India or unification with  Pakistan
 Ethnic group: Kashmiri Muslims
 Political organization: All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen
 political party (autonomy): Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
 Militant organizations:  Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hizbul Mujahideen, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front

Kamtapur
 Proposed state: Kamtapur or becoming a state of India
 Ethnic group: Rajbanshi people
 political parties (statehood): Kamtapur People's Party
 Militant organization:  Kamtapur Liberation Organisation

Manipur
 Proposed state:  Kangleipak
 Ethnic groups: Meitei, Pangal, Naga
 Government in Exile: Manipur State Council
 Militant organizations:  United National Liberation Front,  People's Liberation Army of Manipur,  Kangleipak Communist Party, People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak, Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup,  Maoist Communist Party of Manipur

Punjab
 Proposed state:  Khalistan
 Ethnic group: Punjabi Sikhs
 Militant organizations: Babbar Khalsa, Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan, Khalistan Commando Force,  Khalistan Liberation Force, Khalistan Zindabad Force, ISYF, AISSF, International Sikh Youth Federation, Waris Punjab De

Meghalaya

 Proposed state: Meghalaya
 Ethnic group: Khasi people, Pnar people
 Militant organization: Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council,  Seng Khasi Movement

Tripura
Proposed state:   Tripura 
Ethnic group: Tripuris
Militant organisation: National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) 
Advocacy group: Tipraland State Party

Mizoram
Proposed state:  Mizoram
Ethnic group: Mizo 
Political party: Mizo National Front (MNF) Zoram People's Movement, Hmar People's Convention

Kukiland
 Proposed state: Zale'n-gam 
 Ethnic group:  Bnei Menashe
 Militant organisation: Kuki National Army
 Advocacy group: Kuki National Organisation

Santhal Pargana
 Proposed state:  Santhal Pargana 
 Ethnic group: Santhals
 Militant organisation: Birsa Commando Force (BCF)

Dimasaland
 Ethnic group:  Dimasa People
 Proposed state: Dimasaland
 Millitant organisation: Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA)

Tiwa

 Ethnic group:  Tiwa People
 Proposed state: Tiwa State
 Militant organizations: Tiwa Liberation Army (TLA)

 Zogam (In India the claimed territories are: Barak Valley, Tripura, East Jaintia Hills, Dima Hasao districtand  Karbi Anglong district of Assam) 
 Ethnic group: Zomi
 Proposed state:  Zogam
 Militant organisation: Zomi Revolutionary Army

South India (Includes Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Puducherry (union territory), Lakshadweep and Telangana)
Ethnic Groups: Dravidians, Telugus, Tamils, Kannadigas, Malayalis, Tuluvas
Proposed state: Republic of South India  or   Dravida Nadu
Political party: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)

Arunachal Pradesh
Ethnic Groups: Monpa, Singpho, Tai, Tangshang, Naga, Aka, Miji, Sherdukpen
Proposed State: Teola Country
Millitant organization: Arunachal Dragon Force

autonomist or statehood movements

Rabha Hasong
 State or extended autonomous area:  Rabha Hasong
 Ethnic group: Rabha people
 Militant organizations: Rabha Jatiya Aikya Manch, Rabha Vipers Army (RVA), Rabha National Liberation Army, Rabha Jatiya Mukti Bahini (RJMB)

Gorkhaland
 Ethnic group: Indian Gorkhas
 Proposal: creation of a separate Gorkhaland state within India
 Political movement:  Gorkhaland movement
 Political parties:  Gorkha National Liberation Front,  Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League,(Independence) Gorkha Janmukti Morcha

Garo Hills
 Ethnic group: Garo people
 Proposal: making the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council into a state of India or outright independence
 Political party: Garo National Council

Bundelkhand
 Ethnic group: Bundelkhandi
 Proposal: making the region of Bundelkhand into a state of India
 Political party: Bundelkhand Mukti Morcha

Vidarbha

 Ethnic group: Marathi people
 Proposal: separation of Vidarbha from the state of Maharashtra
 Political party: Vidarbha Rajya Party, Vidarbha Vikas Party, Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti

Goa
 ethnic group: Goans
 proposed autonomous region: Goa
 political party: Niz Goenkar Revolution Front

Ladakh
 ethnic group: Ladakhis
 proposed autonomous region:  Ladakh or be part of  Independent Tibet

Jammu region
 ethnic group: Dogri people
 proposed: Splitting the Jammu region from Jammu and Kashmir as a separate state
 political party: Ikkjutt Jammu

Bodoland
 ethnic group: Bodo people
 proposed: Statehood for Bodoland
 political party: Bodo National Students Union

Indonesia 

Aceh
 Ethnic group: Acehnese
 Proposed state:  Aceh
 Militant organisation: Free Aceh Movement (negotiated peace with the Indonesian government in 2005, and now it is a civil movement, but the separatism still has supporters)
 Advocacy Group: Aceh-Sumatra National Liberation Front (Member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
Riau
 Ethnic group: Riau Malays 
 Proposed state:  Riau or unification with 
 Advocacy group: Gerakan Riau Merdeka
Minahasa Peninsula
 Ethnic group: Minahasan
 Proposed state:  North Sulawesi
 Advocacy group: Independent Minahasa Movement (Gerakan Minahasa Merdeka), Greater Minahasa Alliance
Bali

 Ethnic group: Balinese
 Proposed autonomous area or state: Bali
 Advocacy group: Bali government, ForBALI

Maluku (province)
 Ethnic group: Moluccans
 Proposed state:  South Moluccas
 Government-in-exile: Republik Maluku Selatan (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
 Advocacy group: Maluku Sovereignty Front

Iran 

Khūzestān Province
 Ethnic group: Khuzestani Arabs
 Proposed state: Al-Ahwaz 
 Militant organisations: Al-Ahwaz Arab People's Democratic Popular Front, National Liberation Movement of Ahwaz, Ahwaz Arab Renaissance Party, Ahwaz Liberation Organisation, Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz
 Advocacy group: Democratic Solidarity Party of Al-Ahwaz (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)

Iranian Kurdistan
 Ethnic groups: Kurds
 Proposed state: Commonwealth of East Kurdistan 
 Political parties: Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
 Militant organisations: Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan, Komalah

Iranian Azerbaijan
Ethnic groups: Azerbaijanis
 Proposed state: South Azerbaijan  or unification with 
Advocacy group: South Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement, Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization
Balochistan

 Ethnic group: Balochs
 Proposed state: Balochistan  along with Balochistan, Pakistan and Baloch majority territories in Afghanistan
 Militant organisations: Jundallah (Historical), Jaish ul-Adl (Currently Active)

Iraq 

Proposed state:  
 Ethnic group: Kurds
 Current de jure and de facto autonomous region: Iraqi Kurdistan
 Political parties: Kurdistan Independence Movement, Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (members of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
 Military: Peshmerga

Proposed autonomous area: Nineveh Plains 
 Ethnic group: Assyrians, Chaldeans, Arab Christians
 Proposed state: 
 Political parties: Assyrian Democratic Movement, Assyrian Universal Alliance (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization), Assyria Liberation Party
 Militant organisation: Nineveh Plain Protection Units
 Advocacy groups: Assyrian General Conference, Assyria Council of Europe
 Proposed autonomous area: Al-Rafidain Autonomous Region
 Ethnic groups: Assyrians, Turkmen, Yazidis
 Political parties: Turkmen Rescue Foundation, Yazidi Independent Supreme Council and the Al-Rafidain Organization

Proposed state: Basra

Current de jure and de facto autonomous region: Basra Governorate
Proposal: Basra has proposed uniting with the Dhi Qar and Maysan governorates as an autonomous region or total independence

Proposed state: Sunnistan

 Advocacy group: Sunni Muslims, Ethnic Kurdis
 Proposal: high degree of autonomy within Iraq or total independence 

 Turkmeneli
 Ethnic group: Iraqi Turkmen
 Proposed autonomous region:  Turkmeneli
 Political party: Iraqi Turkmen Front (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)

Sinjar District
 Ethnic group: Yazidis
 Proposed: autonomy for the Sinjar region, including the Sinjar Mountains
 Political parties: Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress, Sinjar Alliance

Israel 

West Bank and the Gaza Strip

 People: Palestinians
 De jure state:  (recognized by 138 UN member states)
 Proposed: re-unification with  or recognition of Palestine
 Political organization: Government of Palestine
 Militant organization: Palestinian National Security Forces, Palestine Liberation Army

Japan 
 Okinawa

 Ethnic group: Ryukyuan
 Proposed state:  Republic of Ryukyu or Ryukyu Kingdom
 Political parties: Kariyushi Club, formerly 
 Political groups: Ryukyu independence movement
 Note: The supporters of the movement want the Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, former part of the defunct Ryukyu Kingdom until 1609, to be part of independent Ryukyu.

Laos 
Northern Laos
 Ethnic group: Hmong people
 Proposed autonomous area:  ChaoFa Hmong 
 Organization: Congress of World Hmong People

Malaysia 

 Johor
 Ethnic groups: Johoreans (Mainly Malays, Chinese and Indians)
 Proposed state: Johor 
 Advocacy group: Johor Independence Association (JIA), Sultan of Johor, Crown Prince of Johor

 Sarawak   
 Ethnic groups: Melanau, Dayak (See Demographics of Sarawak)
 Proposed state:  Raj of Sarawak 
 Advocacy group: Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF), Sarawak For Sarawakian Big Team (S4S Big Team), Sarawak Association of People's Aspirations (SAPA), Sarawak Sovereignty Movement, Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia (SSKM), Sarawak Liberation Movement
 Political parties: Parti Bumi Kenyalang

 Sabah
 Ethnic groups: Kadazan-Dusun, Sama-Bajau (See Demographics of Sabah)
 Proposed state: Sabah  
 Advocacy group: Borneo Heritage Foundation (BHF), Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia (SSKM)

Myanmar 

 Arakan
 Ethnic group: Rakhine
 Proposed state:  Arakan State
 Advocacy group: Arakan Independence Alliance, Arakan Army (Kachin State), Arakan Army (Kayin State)

 Zo Asia
 Ethnic group: Chin
 Proposed state: Chin State 
 Militant organisation: Chin National Front (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)

 Kawthoolei
 Ethnic group: Karen
 Proposed state: Kawthoolei 
 Militant organisation: Karen National Liberation Army
 Advocacy group: Karen National Union

 Karenni
 Ethnic group: Karenni
 Proposed state: Kayah State 
 Militant organisation: Karenni Army
 Advocacy group: Karenni National Progressive Party (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
 Government-in-exile: Karenni Provisional Government

 Kokang
 Ethnic group: Kokang people (ethnic Han Chinese)
 Proposed state: Kokang 
 Militant organisation: Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army

 Mon State
 Ethnic group: Mon
 Proposed state: Mon State, Monland  
 Political party: New Mon State Party

 Northern Rakhine State
 Ethnic group: Rohingya
 Proposed state: Rahmanland 
 Militant organisation: Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
 Advocacy group: Arakan Rohingya National Organisation, Rohingya National Council

 Shan States
 Ethnic group: Shan (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
 Proposed state: Shan Republic 
 Political party: Shan Democratic Union
 Militant organisation: Shan State Army
 Advocacy group: Restoration Council of Shan State
 Government in exile: Interim Government of Federated Shan States
Pa-O
 Proposed state: Pa'O Self-Administered Zone
 Ethnic group: Pa-O
 Militant organisation:  Pa-O National Liberation Army

Palaung

 Proposed state:  Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone
 Ethnic group: Palaung
 Militant organisation:  Palaung State Liberation Army

Wa State
 Ethnic group: Wa
 Proposed/de facto State: Wa State  
 Political party:  United Wa State Party
 Militant organisation: United Wa State Army

Zale'n-gam
 Ethnic group: Kuki
 Proposed state:  Zale'n-gam
 Militant organisation: Kuki National Army
 Advocacy group: Kuki National Organisation

Zogam
 Ethnic group: Zomi
 Proposed state:  Zogam
 Militant organisation: Zomi Revolutionary Army
Nagaland

 Proposed state:  Nagalim
 Ethnic group: Naga people
 Militant organization:  National Socialist Council of Nagaland

Nepal 

 Kirat Autonomous State
 Ethnic group: Kiratis
 Proposed state: Kirat
 Political party: Kirat Janabadi Workers Party

 Madhesh
 Ethnic group: Madhesi peoples (including Maithils, Bhojpuris and Tharus).
 Proposed state:  Madhesh
 Advocacy group: Alliance for Independent Madhesh
 Militant group: Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha, Madhesh Mukti Tigers (MMT), Tharuwan National Liberation Front (TNLF)

Pakistan 

 Balochistan

 Ethnic group: Balochs
 Proposed state: Balochistan  along with Sistan and Baluchestan of Iran and some parts of Afghanistan
 Political party: Baloch National Movement, Baloch Republican Party, Free Balochistan Movement (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
 Militant organisations: Baloch Liberation Army, Baloch Liberation Front, Baloch Nationalist Army

 Azad Kashmir
 Proposed: secession of   Azad Kashmir from Pakistan
 Ethnic group: Kashmiri Muslims, Kashmiris
 Political party: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front

 Sindh

 Ethnic group: Sindhi
 Proposed state: Sindhudesh 
 Political parties: Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz, Sindh United Party
 Student organization: Jeay Sindh Studdents' Federation
 Militant organization: Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army

Punjab
 Proposed state:  Khalistan
 Ethnic group: Punjabi Sikhs
 Militant organizations: Babbar Khalsa, Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan, Khalistan Commando Force,  Khalistan Liberation Force, Khalistan Zindabad Force, ISYF, AISSF, International Sikh Youth Federation, Waris Punjab De

Philippines 

Sulu archipelago and parts of Zamboanga Peninsula
 Ethnic groups:  Moro (Tausūg, Banguingui, Sama-Bajau, Yakan)
 Proposed state/autonomous area: Bansa Sūg 
Advocacy group: Sultanate of Sulu

Cordillera Administrative Region
 Ethnic group: Igorot
 Proposed autonomous area: Cordillera Autonomous Region or Autonomous Region of the Cordillera
 Advocacy groups: Autonomy in the Administrative Cordillera Movement,  Cordillera People's Liberation Army, Cordillera Bodong Administration

Other Islamic militants operating in Mindanao had goals to create an Islamic state in the Philippines, such as Abu Sayyaf and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.

Russia

 Ural Federal District

 Sverdlovsk Oblast (sometimes  Chelyabinsk Oblast,  Kurgan Oblast,  Perm Krai and  Orenburg Oblast)
Ethnic group: Russians
Proposed state or federal subject:  Ural Republic
Advocacy groups: Ural Democratic Foundation, Free Ural and other smaller groups

 Siberian Federal District

 Siberia or Siberian Federal District

 Ethnic group: Russians, Siberians (Siberian peoples)
 Proposed state or federal subject:  Siberian Republic
 Advocacy groups: Siberian regionalist groups, Civil Council

 Evenkia

 Ethnic group: Evenks
 Proposed federal subject:  Evenkia
 Advocacy group: Association of Indigenous peoples of Evenkia (Arun)
 Tuva

 Ethnic group: Tuvans
 Proposed state:  Tuva
 Advocacy group: Movements represented on the Free Nations of Post-Russia Forum
 Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District

 Ethnic groups: Dolgans, Nganasan, Nenets
 Proposed federal subject:  Taymyr Autonomous Okrug
 Advocacy group: Iniciative group, Association of Indigenous Peoples of Taimyr
 Far Eastern Federal District

 Ethnic group: Buryats
 Proposed state:  or unification with Mongolia
 Advocacy groups: All-Buryat Association for the Development of Culture, Free Buryatia Foundation
 Far Eastern Republic or Far Eastern Federal District

 Ethnic group: Russians
 Proposed federal subject or state: Far Eastern Republic
 Organization: Far Eastern Alternative

 Sakha or Yakutia
 Ethnic group: Yakuts
 Proposed state: Yakutia or Sakha
 Advocacy group:  Free Yakutia Movement

 Koryak Okrug
 Ethnic group: Koryaks
 Proposed federal subject:  Koryak Autonomous Okrug
 Advocacy groups: Koryakia, Palanken Ynet

Sri Lanka 

 Ethnic group: Tamil
 Proposed state: 
 Militant organisation: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
 Political party: Tamil National Alliance
 Advocacy groups: Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam
 Government in exile: Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam

Syria 

De facto autonomous region: 

 Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava)
 Larger ethnic groups: Kurds, Arabs, Assyrians
 Smaller ethnic groups: Armenians, Turkmen, Yazidis, Circassians
 Political organisation: Syrian Democratic Council
 Militant organisation: Syrian Democratic Forces

 Assyria
 Ethnic group: Assyrians
 Proposed state: 
 Political parties: Syriac Union Party, Assyrian Democratic Organization
 Militant organisations: Syriac Military Council, Sutoro
 Advocacy groups: Assyria Council of Europe

Taiwan

The  Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan, is a state that has diplomatic relations with 14 United Nations member states (as well as the Holy See, an observer).

 Proposed state:  Republic of Taiwan
 Movement: Taiwan independence movement, Taiwanese nationalism
 Note: The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has been democratically elected to power in Taiwan four times; in 2000 (until 2004), in 2004 (until 2008), in 2016 (until 2020), and in 2020 (until 2024). Although the DPP has been the nominal ruling party of the Republic of China throughout these four ruling terms, the DPP has been pushing a pro-Taiwan independence agenda, whether tacitly or overtly. Some representatives of the DPP, such as William Lai, argue that Taiwan independence should not even be considered an "independence movement" but is rather the recognition of the reality of the current situation of the Republic of China on Taiwan. Many supporters of Taiwan independence believe that Taiwan, under the formal name of the "Republic of China", is already an independent country from mainland China, under the formal name of the "People's Republic of China". Some groups also exclude the Kinmen and Matsu Islands from their proposal.
 Political parties: Pan-Green Coalition (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan Solidarity Union, Taiwan Independence Party), New Power Party, Taiwan Statebuilding Party
 Advocacy groups: Keep Taiwan Free (Taiwanese organisation), World United Formosans for Independence

Taiwanese indigenous peoples
 Ethnic group: Native Taiwanese
 Proposed: autonomy for the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
 Political party: Taiwan First Nations Party

Tajikistan
 Gorno-Badakhshan

 Ethnic group: Pamiri people
 Proposed: Greater autonomy, independence for  Gorno-Badakhshan or unification with Badakshan Province to create Greater Badakhshan
 Defunct political party: Lali Badakhshan

Thailand 

 Patani

 Ethnic group: Patani Malays
 Proposed state:   Pattani Darul Makrif,  unification with 
 Militant organisation: Patani United Liberation Organisation, Patani Malays National Revolutionary Front, Runda Kumpulan Kecil, Pattani Islamic Mujahideen Movement, Islamic Liberation Front of Patani
Advocacy group: Pelajar Bangsa

Turkey 

 Northern Kurdistan

 Ethnic group: Kurds
 Proposed state:  Kurdistan
 Militant organisations:  Democrat Party of Kurdistan/North (PDK/Bakur), Revolutionary Party of Kurdistan (PŞK), Communist Party of Kurdistan (KKP)

 
 Ethnic group: Assyrians, Arab Christians
 Proposed state: 
 Political parties: Assyrian Democratic Movement, Assyria Liberation Party
 Militant organisations: Nineveh Plain Protection Units, Dwekh Nawsha
 Advocacy groups: Assyrian General Conference, Assyria Council of Europe

Uzbekistan 

 Karakalpakstan
 Ethnic group: Karakalpaks
 Proposed state:  Republic of Karakalpakstan
 Advocacy group: Free Karakalpakstan National Revival Party

Yemen 

  South Yemen
 Proposed state:  The Republic of South Arabia or  Hadhramout Arab State or  The Republic of South Yemen  
 De facto state: Southern Transitional Council
 Political parties: Yemeni Socialist Party
  Hadhramaut
 Ethnic group: Hadharem as well as Mehri and Soqotri
 Proposed state:  Hadhramaut Arab State
 De facto state: Hadhramaut Region, Protectorate of South Arabia
 Political party: Hadhrami League, Hadramout National Council

See also 
 Lists of active separatist movements
 List of historical separatist movements
 Autonomous area

References 

Separatist Movements, Active
Separatist Movements in Asia, Active
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