#India supreme court hearing case that could reverse controversial 2019 legislation taking away #Kashmir's self-rule, splitting it in two, and downgrading it from state of India to a central govt controlled territory. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/2/india-top-court-hears-petitions-challenging-kashmir-special-status-removal
#autonomy #admin1 #disputedterritory #statehood #politicalgeography #geography #SouthAsia @geography @geopolitics
#southasia #geography #politicalgeography #statehood #disputedterritory #admin1 #autonomy #Kashmir #India
Popular leader of #Somalia's #Hiiraan (#Hiran) region, after being fired, has unilaterally declared new "#HiiraanState", claiming to be separate from #Hirshabelle state, which it officially forms half of. https://en.halbeeg.com/2023/06/25/beledweyne-is-no-flight-zone-ali-jeyte/
#statehood #admin1 #geography #HornOfAfrica #geopolitics @geography
#geopolitics #hornofafrica #geography #admin1 #statehood #hirshabelle #hiiraanstate #hiran #hiiraan #Somalia
Controversy in #India's #Nagaland state over ongoing movement to split state in two, creating "#FrontierNagaland" state along #Myanmar border.
#separatism #statehood #geography #borders #borderlands #borderstudies #Zomia #admin1 @geopolitics @geography @politicalscience #SouthAsia #SoutheastAsia
#southeastasia #southasia #admin1 #zomia #borderstudies #borderlands #borders #geography #statehood #separatism #Myanmar #frontiernagaland #Nagaland #India