Pro-Government Militias

Pro-Government Militia Website

Groups Targeting: unarmed political opposition, government critics

CountryGroups
Syria People's Army (al-Jaysh al Sha'bi)
Shabiha
Al-Saiqa
Sri Lanka Yellow Cats
Green Tigers
People's Revolutionary Red Army
The Eagles of the Highlands
Black Cats
Nigeria Campus vigilante groups
Abia State Vigilante Group / Bakassi Boys
Anambra State Vigilante Group / Onitsha Vigilante Group / Bakassi Boys
Edo State Vigilante
Operation Vigilance
Ghana Committee for the Defence of the Revolution
Association of Committees for the Defence of the Revolution
Battalion 64
Civil Defense Organization
Progressive Voluntary Organization
Mexico PRI-ista Paramilitary Groups
Panama Dignity Battalions
Philippines Civilian Home Defence Force (CHDF)
Ampatuan Militia
South Sudan Youth Militia
Thailand Blue Shirts
Guinea Camara's Militias
Donzos Militia
Haiti Chimeres / Popular Organisations
Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti (FRAPH) / Attaches / Zenglendons
Tonton Macoutes Semi-official PGM / Volunteers for National Security
Tonton Macoutes Informal PGM
Civilian Vigilantes
Peru Colina Group
Comando Rodrigo Franco
Paraguay Colorado Party Militia
El Salvador Death Squads
Honduras Death Squads linked to Battalion 316
Ethiopia Kebele Militia/ Urban Dwellers' association/ Peasants' associations/ neighbourhood committees
People's Militia/ Regional Militia/ Zonal Militia/ Territorial Peoples' Militia/ Territorial Militias/ Peasant Militia
Tunisia League/Committees for the Protection of the Revolution (LPR)
Romania Patriotic Guard
Yemen (formerly: Yemen Arab Republic) Saleh's Thugs
Yugoslavia Serb Volunteer Army / Arkan's Tigers
Myanmar (Burma) Swan Arr Shin (Masters of Force)
Union Solidarity and Development Association
Israel Village Leagues
Lesotho Youth League
Sudan People's Police
Popular Defence Forces (PDF)
Guyana Phantom Death Squad
Egypt Popular Committees
Mubarak's Thugs/Baltagiya
Muslim Brotherhood Gangs
Pakistan Wajahat Force
Jamaat-i-Islami
Muttahida Qaumi Movement
People's Aman Committee (PAC)
Indonesia Ahi
Aitarak
Banser
Besi Merah Putih
Dadurus Merah Putih
Death Squad (II)
Diponegoro Youth
Ablai
Darah Integrasi
Forum Komunikasi Partisan (FKP)
Gada Paksi
Halilintar
Hansip/Linmas
Kamra
Laksaur
Laskar Merah Putih
Mahidi
Makikit
Naga Merah
Ninjas
Pam Swakarsa
Peace Force and Defender of Integration
Pemuda Panca Marga
Pemuda Pancasila
Pro-Integration Fighters PPI
Ratih - rakyat terlatih
Sakunar
Satgas Merah Putih
Satgas PDI-P
Siliwangi Youth
Team Saka
Team Sera
Tim Pancasila
Wanra
West Papua Militia
Team Alfa
United Arab Emirates Mercenary Army
Iraq Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH)
Fedayeen Saddam
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
Nepal Anti-Maoist vigilantes
Youth Force
Young Communist League
Ukraine Aidar Battalion
Dnipro-1
Oplot
Guatemala Civilian Defence Patrols (informal)
Civilian Defence Patrols (semi-official)
Eye for an Eye
Secret Anti-Communist Army
The White Hand
Libya Islamic Pan African Brigade
Libya Revolutionaries' Operations Room (LROR)
Misratan Union of Revolutionaries (Misrata Brigades)
People's Militia
Revolutionary Committees
Revolutionary Guards
Albania Volunteers
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
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD)
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL)
Islami Chhatra Shibir/ Jamaat-e-Islami
Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB)
Awami Jubo League (AJL)
Belarus Youth Police Units (YPU)
Death Squad
Bolivia Special Security Service
Burundi Imbonerakure
Cameroon President Biya's Youth (PRESBY)
Congo Brazzaville Cobras
Aubevillois
Congo Kinshasa Special Presidential Division
Civil Guard
Georgia White Legion
Iran Revolutionary Guard
Basij militia
Ansar-e Hezbollah
Komiteh
Kenya Jeshi la Mzee
Chinkororo
Kisungusungu
Kyrgyz Republic Patriots
Malawi Young Pioneers (Malawi Congress Party)
Youth Cadets (Democratic Progressive Party)
Youth League (Malawi Congress Party)
Young Democrats (United Democratic Front)
Nicaragua Pro-Ortega 'Paramilitary Groups'
Paramilitary groups
Rwanda Zero Network (Akazu)
Interahamwe Militia
Impuzamugambi
Local Defence Force
South Africa Kabasa
Inkatha aka Inkatha Yenkululeko Yesizwe
Witdoeke
Togo Death Squadrons
Turkey Grey Wolves
JiTEM
Uganda Village Crime Preventers
Kalangala Action Plan
Kiboko Squad
Venezuela Francisco Miranda Front
Bolivarian Militia
Urban 'Chavista' Militias
Zimbabwe Top Six Vigilante Unit
Chipangano
ZANU-PF militia
Youth Service Brigade/Green Bombers
Al-Shabab of Zimbabwe
War Vets
Jochomondo
People's Militia
Russia Eurasian Youth Union
Kadyrovtsy
Nashi
Young Russia
Cambodia Hun Sen's Bodyguard Unit
Pro-Government Vigilantes
Chile September 11 Command
DICOMCAR
Colonia Dignidad
Central African Republic Seleka
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 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)