Nations and Peoples Organization) Iranian Kurdistan Ethnic groups: Kurdish 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: Azerbaijani Proposed state: South Azerbaijan Advocacy group: South Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement, Azerbaijan National Resistance Organization Balochistan Ethnic group: Baloch 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: Majority ethnic group: Kurdish 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: Assyrian, 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 other provinces of Dhi Qar and Maysan 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 state: Turkmeneli Political party: Iraqi Turkmen Front (member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization) Sinjar District Ethnic group: Yazidi Proposed: autonomy for Sinjar region including Sinjar mountain 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 Hokkaido Ethnic group: Ainu Proposed state or autonomous region: Republic of Ainu Advocacy group: 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