secession

A constant theme of his leadership has been the threat to trigger the secession of the majority-Serb region.

Following Trump's defeat to former President Joe Biden in 2020, the Twitter account urged "secession" if courts ruled against Trump's election fraud lawsuits and made numerous posts calling followers to "support martial law."

Then, Belgium, the UK and US backed secession in Katanga, a mineral-rich region that all three Western nations had interests in.

Mr Ho has been charged with subversion while the other six have been accused inciting secession and collusion with a foreign country or external forces.

Backed by Russia, Abkhazia fought a war of secession with Georgia in 1992-93, before unilaterally declaring independence.