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Philippines
Forward Command-FC's
Alamara
Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Units (CAFGU)
Civilian Volunteer Organisation (CVO)
Greenans
Magahat-Bagani
Davao Death Squad
Thailand
Rangers (Thahan Phran)
Pro-Government death squad
Village Defence Volunteers (Chor Ror Bor)
Village Protection Volunteers (Or Ror Bor)
Volunteer Defence Corps (Or Sor)
Peru
Rondas Campesinas (Semi-Official)
South Sudan
Youth Militia
Nigeria
Benue State Vigilante Group
Civilian Joint Task Force (Civilian JTF)
Edo State Vigilante
Enugu State Neighbourhood Watch
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
Sri Lanka
Civil Defence Committees (CDC)
Home Guard/Civil Defence Force
Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP)
Ethiopia
Gumuz Militia
Kebele Militia/ Urban Dwellers' association/ Peasants' associations/ neighbourhood committees
People's Militia/ Regional Militia/ Zonal Militia/ Territorial Peoples' Militia/ Territorial Militias/ Peasant Militia
Tigray Militia
Weyane Militia/ TPLF Militia/ Tigray People's Liberation Front Militia
Mali
Imghad and Allies Tuareg self-defence group/ Gatia
Yemen (formerly: Yemen Arab Republic)
Popular Committees
Malaysia
RELA
Mexico
Rural Defense Corps (autodefensas)
Honduras
Social Cleansing Squads
Liberia
Vigilante Groups
Korea North
Worker-Peasant Red Guards (WPRG)
Young Red Guards (YRG)
Sudan
Arab Pastoralists
People's Police
Popular Defence Forces (PDF)
Rapid Support Force (RSF)
Somalia
Ahlu Sunnah wal Jama'a
Raskamboni / Raas Kaambooni
Barre Hiiraale's Militia
Gurgurte Militia
India
Special Police Officers (SPO)
Home Guard
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
Village Defence Committee Himachal
Village Defence Committee Kashmir
Village Defence Force Punjab
Iraq
Awakening groups / Sahwa
Peace Brigades / Mahdi Army
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH)
Kata'ib Sayyid al-Suhada (KSS)
Popular Mobilization Force / Hashd al-Shaabi
Peshmerga Kurdish Militia
Turkmenistan
Border Vigilantes
Guyana
Phantom Death Squad
Pakistan
Community Police
Khasadar
Levies
Tribal Militia / Lashkars
Indonesia
Defenders of the Homeland (PETA)
Hansip/Linmas
Pemuda Panca Marga
Sharia Police / Wilayatul Hisbah
Wanra
West Papua Militia
United Arab Emirates
Mercenary Army
Lebanon
Hezbollah
Haiti
Civilian Vigilantes
Guatemala
Civilian Defence Patrols (informal)
Social Cleansing Squads
Libya
Supreme Security Committee (SSC)
Algeria
Communal Guards
Municipal Guards
Ninjas
Groups for Legitimate Defense (aka Patriots)
Angola
Civil Defence Organization (ODC)
Argentina
Paramilitary Kidnapping Group
Bahrain
National Guard
Bangladesh
Ansar and Village Defence Party (Ansar and VDP)
Awami Jubo League (AJL)
Burundi
Imbonerakure
Cameroon
President Biya's Youth (PRESBY)
Iran
Revolutionary Guard
Basij militia
Ansar-e Hezbollah
Kyrgyz Republic
Patriots
South Africa
Red Ants/ Wozani Security
Togo
Death Squadrons
Turkey
JiTEM
Uganda
Village Crime Preventers
Venezuela
Bolivarian Militia
Peasant/Campesino Militia
Zimbabwe
Top Six Vigilante Unit
Chipangano
ZANU-PF militia
Al-Shabab of Zimbabwe
War Vets
Jochomondo
Russia
Mestnyye
Cambodia
Hun Sen's Bodyguard Unit
China
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC)
Cote d'Ivoire
Kofi Annan Boys
Chevaux
Syria
Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas Brigade
Al-Saiqa
Arab Nationalist Guard
Ba'th Battalions
Badr Organization
Desert Falcons (Suqur al-Sahra)
Dhu-al-Fiqar Battalion (Liwa Dhulfiqar)
Fatah al-Intifada
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (The Movement of God the Outstanding)
Jerusalem Brigade (al-Quds al-Filastini Brigade)
Lebanese Hezbollah
Liwa Fatemiyoun
Liwa al-Imam al-Husayn (The Brigade of Imam Hasan)
Liwa al-Youm al-Mawud (Promised Day Brigades)
People's Army (al-Jaysh al Sha'bi)
Popular Committees (al-Lijan al-Sha'biyah)
Sariyya al-Tali'a al-Khurasani (The Vanguards of Khurasani Unit)
Sayyid al-Shuhada Brigades (Master of Martyrs)
Sootoro (Syriac Protection Office)
Syrian Resistance (Muqawama Suriya)
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
The National Ideological Resistance in Syria (al-muqawama al-wataniya al-'aqa'idiya fi Souria)