Pro-Government Militias

Pro-Government Militia Website

Group Purpose: intimidate political opposition

CountryGroups
Syria People's Army (al-Jaysh al Sha'bi)
National Defence Force
Popular Committees (al-Lijan al-Sha'biyah)
Shabiha
Al-Saiqa
Nigeria Campus vigilante groups
Icelanders / Niger Delta Vigilante
Sri Lanka Green Tigers
People's Revolutionary Red Army
Black Cats
Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP)
Thailand Blue Shirts
Guinea Camara's Militias
El Salvador Civil Defence Patrols
Death Squads
Honduras Death Squads linked to Battalion 316
Ethiopia Kebele Militia/ Urban Dwellers' association/ Peasants' associations/ neighbourhood committees
Tunisia League/Committees for the Protection of the Revolution (LPR)
Yemen (formerly: Yemen Arab Republic) Saleh's Thugs
Myanmar (Burma) Swan Arr Shin (Masters of Force)
Union Solidarity and Development Association
Philippines Ampatuan Militia
Guyana Phantom Death Squad
Serbia Tsar Lazar Guards
Egypt Mubarak's Thugs/Baltagiya
Muslim Brotherhood Gangs
Vigilantes Bullying Voters
Pakistan Wajahat Force
MQM Haqiqi
Muttahida Qaumi Movement
People's Aman Committee (PAC)
Indonesia Aitarak
Diponegoro Youth
Ablai
Darah Integrasi
Gada Paksi
Ninjas
Ratih - rakyat terlatih
Satgas Merah Putih
Pemuda Pancasila
Wanra
United Arab Emirates Mercenary Army
Iraq Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH)
Popular Army / Jerusalem Army
Popular Mobilization Force / Hashd al-Shaabi
Nepal Youth Force
Young Communist League
Haiti Civilian Vigilantes
Guatemala The White Hand
Libya Islamic Pan African Brigade
Libya Revolutionaries' Operations Room (LROR)
Misratan Union of Revolutionaries (Misrata Brigades)
Revolutionary Committees
Angola Civil Defence Organization (ODC)
Argentina Triple A (Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance)
"Working Group" Death Squad
Azerbaijan SOCAR security guards
Emergencies Ministry paramilitary unit
Bahrain National Guard
Plainclothes Security Forces
Belarus Youth Police Units (YPU)
Death Squad
Bolivia Special Security Service
Burundi Imbonerakure
Cameroon President Biya's Youth (PRESBY)
Congo Kinshasa Special Presidential Division
Iran Basij militia
Ansar-e Hezbollah
Kenya Jeshi la Mzee
Chinkororo
Malawi Youth Cadets (Democratic Progressive Party)
Young Democrats (United Democratic Front)
Nicaragua Pro-Ortega 'Paramilitary Groups'
Paramilitary groups
Rwanda Zero Network (Akazu)
Impuzamugambi
South Africa Kabasa
Witdoeke
Togo Death Squadrons
Turkey Grey Wolves
Uganda Village Crime Preventers
Kalangala Action Plan
Kiboko Squad
Venezuela Bolivarian Militia
Zimbabwe Top Six Vigilante Unit
Chipangano
ZANU-PF militia
Youth Service Brigade/Green Bombers
Al-Shabab of Zimbabwe
War Vets
Jochomondo
Russia Eurasian Youth Union
Kadyrovtsy
Mestnyye
Nashi
Young Russia
Cote d'Ivoire Southwestern Militias
Kofi Annan Boys
Front for the Liberation of the Greater West
Death Squads
Student Federation of Cote d'Ivoire (FESCI)
Chevaux
East Timor Government hit squad
Colombia Death To Kidnappers (Muerte a Secuestradores)
Paramilitary Self Defence Groups/Death Squads (semi-official)
Paramilitary Self Defense Groups/Death Squards (informal)
The United Self Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC)
Chile DICOMCAR
Cambodia Pro-Government Vigilantes