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224 published cases.
Historical independence
From the historical 1921-1926 Republic of the Rif under Abd el-Krim, to the distinct, contemporary socioeconomic Hirak Rif movement and Nasser Zefzafi's 2017-2018 arrest and sentencing.
Historical independence
The bounded 1987-1988 Republic of Rotuma episode, ended by sedition trials, and the subsequent decline of separate-independence interest under continued Rotuma Council governance.
Independence movements
From the 1879 Japanese annexation of the Ryukyu Kingdom, through post-war US administration and 1972 reversion, to the modern, numerically small Kariyushi Club independence movement.
Political status and decolonisation
From the territory's pre-2009 dependency structure to the 2009 constitution granting Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha equal status.
Independence movements
Саха Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ
Sakha's post-Soviet sovereignty movement, from the 1990 declaration and 1992 constitution/Federation Treaty granting it control over most local resource wealth, through the 2009 removal of "sovereignty" language, to the 2013 Alrosa IPO that reduced its stake in the diamond industry it once controlled.
Historical independence
Western Samoa's independence from New Zealand on 1 January 1962, the first Pacific island state to do so, and its UN admission nearly fifteen years later in 1976.
Independence movements
From AMEN-SD's 1999 founding and its independence-seeking goals, to the 2012 ICJ ruling and the movement's renewed referendum proposal.
Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
The "Media Luna" departments' 2008 autonomy referendums, sponsored by the Santa Cruz Civic Committee and CAINCO, distinguished from the fringe secessionist Nación Camba.
Historical independence
São Tomé and Príncipe's path from Portuguese colonial rule, through Algiers negotiations and a transitional government following Portugal's 1974 revolution, to independence in July 1975 and UN membership that September.
Independence movements
Sardigna
Sardinia's special autonomous status within Italy since 1948, its fragmented landscape of small pro-independence parties, and their marginal result at the 2024 regional election.
Independence movements
The debate over Scottish independence and self-government within the United Kingdom, from the 1707 Union to the 2014 referendum and the renewed referendum demand of 2026.
Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
From the 1958 expiry of a constitutional secession clause and the resulting armed movement, through the 1964 Shan State Army and 2000 RCSS foundings, to the current split between ceasefire-signatory and non-signatory Shan factions.
Independence movements
Sicilia
Sicily's special autonomous status within Italy since the 1946 Statute, granted in response to the 1940s separatist and armed unrest led by the Movement for the Independence of Sicily (MIS), and the marginal modern revival of that movement.
Independence movements
Ślōnsk
The Silesian autonomy and minority-recognition movement in Poland, from the historic 1920-1945 autonomous Silesian Voivodeship, through the Silesian Autonomy Movement's (RAŚ) founding and shifting programme, to repeated Sejm rejections of Silesian minority recognition.
Independence movements
From G.M. Syed's 1972 founding of the Jeay Sindh Mahaz and his advocacy for an independent Sindhudesh, through the movement's post-1995 fragmentation, to the JSMM's continued exile-based advocacy following its 2013 ban.
Historical independence
Slovenia's declaration of independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991, following a December 1990 plebiscite, and UN admission in May 1992.
Political status and decolonisation
From the brief 1960 independence and union with Somalia, through the 1991 renewed declaration of independence and unrecognized de facto statehood, to the disputed 2024 Ethiopia-Somaliland MOU and its diplomatic fallout.
Historical independence
From the 1950 declaration of the Republic of South Maluku and its 1950-1963 armed resistance, to the 1966 formation of a government-in-exile in the Netherlands that continues today.
Independence movements
From the 1991-1992 South Ossetia war and inconclusive division of the territory, through the unrecognized 1992 sovereignty declaration, to the August 2008 Russo-Georgian war and Russia's subsequent recognition of South Ossetian independence.
Historical independence
South Sudan's path from the 1983–2005 second Sudanese civil war and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement through the January 2011 self-determination referendum to independence, UN membership, and the 2013–2018 civil war.
Independence movements
Südtirol
South Tyrol's autonomy within Italy, from the 1946 Gruber–De Gasperi Agreement and 1960s unrest through UN involvement, the 1972 Second Statute and its 1992 "quietus", to the marginal modern independence movement and the SVP's continued but declining dominance.
Independence movements
From South Yemen's 1967 independence and 1990 unification with North Yemen, through the failed 1994 secession, to the Southern Transitional Council's formation, its 2019-2020 self-administration process, and its January 2026 rupture with Yemen's internationally recognized government.
Independence movements
From the Soviet-backed Azerbaijan People's Government of 1945-1946, through the 1996 annulment of Mahmudali Chehregani's parliamentary election and the founding of GAMOH, to the 2006 cockroach cartoon protests.
Historical independence
From the 1836 Riograndense Republic declaration and its 1845 defeat, to the modern "O Sul é o Meu País" movement and its 2016 self-organised consultation.