Pro-Government Militias

Pro-Government Militia Website

Type of Material Support: domestic government

CountryGroups
Syria Ba'th Battalions
Fatah al-Intifada
Lebanese Hezbollah
National Defence Force
Shabiha
Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas Brigade
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command
Nigeria Campus vigilante groups
Abia State Vigilante Group / Bakassi Boys
Anambra State Vigilante Group / Onitsha Vigilante Group / Bakassi Boys
Anambra State Vigilante Service (AVS) aka Scorpion Squad
Bayelsa Volunteers / Bayelsa Volunteers Anti-Sea Piracy Squad
Benue State Vigilante Group
Civilian Joint Task Force (Civilian JTF)
Enugu State Neighbourhood Watch
Icelanders / Niger Delta Vigilante
Lagos State Vigilante Group
Neighbourhood Watch / Vigilante Groups
Neighbourhood Watch Organisation (NOW) of Adamawa State
Operation Vigilance
Oyo State Neighbourhood Watch
Plateau State Vigilante Group
Zamfara State Vigilante (umbrella org. for various Sharia enforcement vigilantes)
Ghana SEMACO
Committee for the Defence of the Revolution
Association of Committees for the Defence of the Revolution
Patriots Club of Ghana
Ghana Private Road Transport Union
Battalion 64
Civil Defense Organization
Progressive Voluntary Organization
Mexico PRI-ista Paramilitary Groups
Rural Defense Corps (autodefensas)
Panama Dignity Battalions
Yugoslavia Chetniks
Red Berets / Frenki's Boys / Grey Wolves
Serb Volunteer Army / Arkan's Tigers
Special Operations Unit (JSO)
Israel Civil Guard
Settlers
Village Leagues
Saudi Arabia Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice
Afghanistan Ismaili militia
Achekvai tribal militia
Southern tribal militia
Village defence force
Anti-Taliban Militia
Kandak Amniate Uruzgan
Forces of Ismael Khan / Herat Militia
Uzbek Junbesh-e-Milli
Jamaat Islami
Mohammed Qasim Fahim (semi-official)
Sri Lanka Green Tigers
People's Revolutionary Red Army
The Eagles of the Highlands
Civil Defence Committees (CDC)
Home Guard/Civil Defence Force
Karuna Group/Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP)
People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE)
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO)
Black Cats
Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP)
Thailand War on Drugs death squad
Anti-Muslim death squad
Rangers (Thahan Phran)
Village Defence Volunteers (Chor Ror Bor)
Village Protection Volunteers (Or Ror Bor)
Volunteer Defence Corps (Or Sor)
Task Force 80
Philippines Civilian Home Defence Force (CHDF)
Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Units (CAFGU)
Civilian Volunteer Organisation (CVO)
Tagum Death Squad
Davao Death Squad
Ampatuan Militia
Greenans
Ilagas
Nakasaka
Kuratong Baleleng
Papua New Guinea Sandline International
Bougainville Resistance Force
Peru Rondas Campesinas (Semi-Official)
Rondas Campesinas (Informal)
Madagascar Youth Awareness
Sudan Ambororo
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)
Arab Pastoralists
People's Police
Popular Defence Forces (PDF)
South Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SSLM/A)
Sudan Liberation Movement/Army - Minni Minnawi Faction (SLM/A-MM)
Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army - Nasir Faction (SPLM/A-Nasir)
Murahaleen
Janjaweed
Rapid Support Force (RSF)
South Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF)
South Sudan Unity Movement/Army (SSUM/A)
Murle Forces
Fertit Militiamen (Peace Army)
Mundari Commandos
Equatoria Defence Force (EDF/Khartoum)
Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army - United (SPLM/A-United)
Toposa Tribesmen
South Sudan Defence Forces - informal (SSDF - informal)
Spain Anti-Terrorist Liberation Group (GAL)
Guinea Camara's Militias
Haiti Chimeres / Popular Organisations
Tonton Macoutes Semi-official PGM / Volunteers for National Security
Tonton Macoutes Informal PGM
S.S.P. Militia
Mozambique People's militia and vigilance brigades
El Salvador Civil Defence Patrols
Death Squads
Paraguay Colorado Party Militia
Honduras Death Squads linked to Battalion 316
Social Cleansing Squads
Myanmar (Burma) Democratic Karen Buddhist Army
People's Militia
Swan Arr Shin (Masters of Force)
Union Solidarity and Development Association
Mali Mouvement patriotique malien Ghanda Koy aka Ganda Koy
Ethiopia Gumuz Militia
People's Militia/ Regional Militia/ Zonal Militia/ Territorial Peoples' Militia/ Territorial Militias/ Peasant Militia
Weyane Militia/ TPLF Militia/ Tigray People's Liberation Front Militia
Estonia Kaitseliit (Defence League)
Romania Patriotic Guard
Malaysia RELA
Yemen (formerly: Yemen Arab Republic) Saleh's Thugs
Liberia Vigilante Groups
Korea North Worker-Peasant Red Guards (WPRG)
Young Red Guards (YRG)
United Kingdom Gladio
Switzerland Gladio P26
Lithuania Lithuanian Riflemen's Union
India Special Police Officers (SPO)
Home Guard
Salwa Judum
Village Defence Committee Himachal
Village Defence Committee Kashmir
Village Defence Force Punjab
Ikhwan-ul-Muslimoon
Iraq Awakening groups / Sahwa
Peace Brigades / Mahdi Army
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH)
Fedayeen Saddam
Kata'ib Sayyid al-Suhada (KSS)
Popular Army / Jerusalem Army
Popular Mobilization Force / Hashd al-Shaabi
Saddam Kurdish Militia-Jash
Saddam's Lion Cubs
Badr Brigade
Peshmerga Kurdish Militia
Fiji Homelink Security
Egypt Mubarak's Thugs/Baltagiya
Solomon Islands Malaita Eagle Force
Seagulls
Pakistan Community Police
Khasadar
Levies
MQM Haqiqi
Tribal Militia / Lashkars
Indonesia Death Squad (I)
Ablai
Defenders of the Homeland (PETA)
Halilintar
Hansip/Linmas
Kamra
Laksaur
Laskar Merah Putih
Pam Swakarsa
Pemuda Panca Marga
Pemuda Pancasila
Team Alfa
Team Saka
United Arab Emirates Mercenary Army
United States State Defence Forces
Nepal Anti-Maoist vigilantes
Young Communist League
Ukraine Azov
Battalion Ivano-Frankivsk
Dnipro-1
Oplot
Myrotvorets (Peacemaker)
Guatemala Civilian Defence Patrols (informal)
Civilian Defence Patrols (semi-official)
Eye for an Eye
Secret Anti-Communist Army
Social Cleansing Squads
Libya 17 February Martyrs Brigade
Al-Qa'qa' Brigade
Al-Sawaiq Brigade for Protection
Amazonian Guard
Islamic Pan African Brigade
People's Cavalry Force
People's Militia
Revolutionary Committees
Revolutionary Guards
Special Deterrent Force (Anti-crime unit)
Albania Volunteers
Algeria Communal Guards
Municipal Guards
Ninjas
Groups for Legitimate Defense (aka Patriots)
Angola People's Defence Organization (ODP)
People's Vigilante Brigades
Executive Outcomes
Civil Defence Organization (ODC)
Argentina Triple A (Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance)
Azerbaijan SOCAR security guards
Emergencies Ministry paramilitary unit
Bahrain National Guard
Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (Ansar and VDP)
Belarus Youth Police Units (YPU)
Bolivia Special Security Service
Burundi Guardians of Peace
Imbonerakure
Cameroon President Biya's Youth (PRESBY)
Congo Brazzaville Zulus / Zoulous
Aubevillois
Cobras
Congo Kinshasa White Legion
Mai Mai (Mayi Mayi)
ALiR (Army for the Liberation of Rwanda)
FDD (Forces for the Defence of Democracy)
FNL (National Liberation Forces)
Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR)
Special Presidential Division
Civil Guard
Georgia White Legion
Forest Brothers
The Hunters
Iran Revolutionary Guard
Basij militia
Ansar-e Hezbollah
Kyrgyz Republic Patriots
Malawi Young Pioneers (Malawi Congress Party)
Youth League (Malawi Congress Party)
Young Democrats (United Democratic Front)
Nicaragua Sandinista Popular/People's Militias
Rwanda Zero Network (Akazu)
Interahamwe Militia
Impuzamugambi
Sierra Leone Kamajors
Executive Outcomes
The 'Bokkie' Crew
Civil Defense Forces/ Kamajors/ Kapras/ Donso/ Gbethis
Tamaboro
South Africa Red Ants/ Wozani Security
Kabasa
Inkatha aka Inkatha Yenkululeko Yesizwe
Witdoeke
Togo Death Squadrons
Turkey Village Guards
Anti-Kurd Death Squads
Gladio
Grey Wolves
Uganda Protection Vigilantes
Amuka
Village Crime Preventers
Rhino Defence Force
Arrow militia
Local Defence Units
Venezuela Francisco Miranda Front
Bolivarian Militia
Peasant/Campesino Militia
Ezequiel Zamora Military Front
Zimbabwe Chipangano
ZANU-PF militia
Youth Service Brigade/Green Bombers
War Vets
People's Militia
Brunei Gurkha Reserve Unit
Russia Cossacks
Mestnyye
Nashi
Volunteer People's Militia
Cambodia Provincial and Village Militia
Chile DICOMCAR
Central African Republic Chadian Special Guard
Liberators
China Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC)
Cote d'Ivoire Southwestern Militias
Kofi Annan Boys
Death Squads
Young Patriots
Student Federation of Cote d'Ivoire (FESCI)
Chevaux
East Timor Government hit squad
Colombia Rural Defence Groups / Convivir
Soldiers from my Town
The United Self Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC)