Pro-Government Militias

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Groups with Relationship to Government: informal (type 1)

CountryGroups
Spain Anti-Terrorist Liberation Group (GAL)
Madagascar Youth Awareness
Burundi Guardians of Peace
Imbonerakure
Tanzania Sungu Sungu
Liberia National Patriotic Front of Liberia
United Liberation Movement for Democracy - Johnson (ULIMO-J)
United Liberation Movement for Democracy - Kromah (ULIMO-K)
Anti-Terrorist Unit
Government of Liberia (GOL) militias
Small Boys' Unit
Jungle Fire Militia/Unit
Wild Geese
Special Security Services
Togo Death Squadrons
Lesotho Youth League
Cote d'Ivoire Young Patriots
Front for the Liberation of the Greater West
Death Squads
Student Federation of Cote d'Ivoire (FESCI)
Kofi Annan Boys
Chevaux
Libya People's Cavalry Force
Islamic Pan African Brigade
People's Militia
Al-Zintan Revolutionaries' Military Council
Tripoli Revolutionary Council
Al-Sawaiq Brigade for Protection
Misratan Union of Revolutionaries (Misrata Brigades)
Al-Sa'iqa Brigade
Congo Brazzaville Cobras
Ninjas
Zulus / Zoulous
Aubevillois
Algeria Organization of free young Algerians
Ninjas
Mozambique Naparama
Malawi Young Democrats (United Democratic Front)
Youth League (Malawi Congress Party)
Youth Cadets (Democratic Progressive Party)
Sierra Leone The 'Bokkie' Crew
West Side Boys
RUF
Kamajors
Tamaboro
Kenya Jeshi la Mzee
Kisungusungu
Chinkororo
Zimbabwe Top Six Vigilante Unit
Chipangano
ZANU-PF militia
War Vets
Jochomondo
Al-Shabab of Zimbabwe
Uganda Special Force Vigilante
'Ragged' Militia
Protection Vigilantes
Kiboko Squad
Kalangala Action Plan
Karamojong Vigilante
Village Crime Preventers
South Africa Kabasa
Inkatha aka Inkatha Yenkululeko Yesizwe
Witdoeke
Russia Pro-government Chechen militia
Kadyrovtsy
Chechen Death Squads
Young Russia
Shield of Moscow
Eurasian Youth Union
Albania Volunteers
Papua New Guinea Bougainville Resistance Force
Solomon Islands Seagulls
Malaita Eagle Force
Philippines The Lost Command
Manticao Village Defence Force
Greenans
Alsa Masa
Forward Command-FC's
Davao Death Squad
National Alliance for Democracy
Kadre
Nakasaka
El Tigre
Citizens Against Communism Army (CACA)
Pulahan
Ilagas
Alamara
Magahat-Bagani
Ampatuan Militia
Tagum Death Squad
Sagrado Corazon / Tadtad
4Ks
Kuratong Baleleng
Georgia Gamsakhurdia Peoples Brigades
The Horsemen aka Mkhedrioni
National Guard
White Legion
Forest Brothers
The Hunters
Sudan Anyanya II
Sudan Liberation Movement/Army - Minni Minnawi Faction (SLM/A-MM)
Equatoria Defence Force (EDF/Khartoum)
Janjaweed
Murahaleen
Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army - Nasir Faction (SPLM/A-Nasir)
Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army - United (SPLM/A-United)
South Sudan Unity Movement/Army (SSUM/A)
South Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SSLM/A)
Sudan People's Liberation Army - Bahr el Ghazal Group (SPLA Bahr el Ghazal)
Fertit Militiamen (Peace Army)
Murle Forces
Ambororo
Mundari Commandos
Toposa Tribesmen
South Sudan Defence Forces - Tanginya Faction (SSDF Tanginya)
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)
Arab Pastoralists
South Sudan Defence Forces - informal (SSDF - informal)
Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD)
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL)
Islami Chhatra Shibir/ Jamaat-e-Islami
Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB)
Awami Jubo League (AJL)
Pakistan Jamaat-i-Islami
MQM Haqiqi
Tribal Militia / Lashkars
People's Aman Committee (PAC)
Wajahat Force
Tajikistan Popular Front
Afghanistan Achekvai tribal militia
Ismaili militia
Uzbek Junbesh-e-Milli
Ittehad Islami
Hizb-e-Wahdat
Sherzai
Mohammed Qasim Fahim (informal)
Belarus Death Squad
India Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
Turkey Anti-Kurd Death Squads
Hizbullah
Grey Wolves
JiTEM
Iraq Saddam Kurdish Militia-Jash
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)
Awakening groups / Sahwa
Badr Brigade
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH)
Kata'ib Sayyid al-Suhada (KSS)
Peace Brigades / Mahdi Army
Cambodia Pro-Government Vigilantes
Hun Sen's Bodyguard Unit
Argentina "Working Group" Death Squad
Triple A (Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance)
Paramilitary Kidnapping Group
Iran Ansar-e Hezbollah
Guyana Phantom Death Squad
Thailand War on Drugs death squad
Anti-Muslim death squad
Blue Shirts
Pro-Government death squad
Chile DICOMCAR
Colonia Dignidad
September 11 Command
Sri Lanka Green Tigers
Black Cats
People's Revolutionary Red Army
Yellow Cats
The Eagles of the Highlands
People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE)
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO)
Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP)
Karuna Group/Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP)
Paraguay Colorado Party Militia
Myanmar (Burma) Democratic Karen Buddhist Army
Former Communist Party Militia
Honduras Death Squads linked to Battalion 316
Social Cleansing Squads
Indonesia Pam Swakarsa
Gada Paksi
Halilintar
Dadurus Merah Putih
Anti Free Aceh Movement Front
Berantas
Anti Aceh-Separatist Front
Pemuda Panca Marga
West Papua Militia
Tim Pancasila
Siliwangi Youth
Diponegoro Youth
Satgas Merah Putih
Laskar Merah Putih
Laksaur
Besi Merah Putih
Mahidi
Peace Force and Defender of Integration
Naga Merah
Ahi
Banser
Satgas PDI-P
Ninjas
Death Squad (I)
Death Squad (II)
Pro-Integration Fighters PPI
Ablai
Darah Integrasi
Forum Komunikasi Partisan (FKP)
Defenders of the Homeland (PETA)
Guatemala The White Hand
Eye for an Eye
Secret Anti-Communist Army
Social Cleansing Squads
Civilian Defence Patrols (informal)
Peru Rondas Campesinas (Informal)
Comando Rodrigo Franco
Colina Group
Rwanda Interahamwe Militia
Zero Network (Akazu)
Impuzamugambi
East Timor Government hit squad
El Salvador Death Squads
Yugoslavia Red Berets / Frenki's Boys / Grey Wolves
Serb Volunteer Army / Arkan's Tigers
Serbian Guard
Special Operations Unit (JSO)
Beli Orlovi (White Eagles)
Chetniks
Nicaragua Paramilitary groups
Pro-Ortega 'Paramilitary Groups'
Haiti Tonton Macoutes Informal PGM
S.S.P. Militia
Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti (FRAPH) / Attaches / Zenglendons
Civilian Militia
Capois La Mort
Chimeres / Popular Organisations
Civilian Vigilantes
Central African Republic Chadian Special Guard
Liberators
African Rainforest and Rivers Conservation
Seleka
Mexico White Guards (Guardias Blancas)
PRI-ista Paramilitary Groups
Colombia Death To Kidnappers (Muerte a Secuestradores)
Paramilitary Self Defence Groups/Death Squads (semi-official)
The United Self Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC)
Paramilitary Self Defense Groups/Death Squards (informal)
Bosnia-Herzegovina Patriotic League
Green Berets
Mujahidin Unit
Armenia Yerkrapah Union of Volunteers
Nigeria Onitsha Traders Association Vigilante Group
Icelanders / Niger Delta Vigilante
Campus vigilante groups
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)
Venezuela Urban 'Chavista' Militias
Francisco Miranda Front
Lebanon Druze Militia
Hezbollah
Syria Shabiha
Ba'th Battalions
People's Army (al-Jaysh al Sha'bi)
Popular Committees (al-Lijan al-Sha'biyah)
Syrian Resistance (Muqawama Suriya)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command
Arab Nationalist Guard
Al-Saiqa
Fatah al-Intifada
Sootoro (Syriac Protection Office)
Jerusalem Brigade (al-Quds al-Filastini Brigade)
Desert Falcons (Suqur al-Sahra)
Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas Brigade
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (The League of the Righteous)
Liwa Fatemiyoun
Dhu-al-Fiqar Battalion (Liwa Dhulfiqar)
Slavonic Corps
Lebanese Hezbollah
The National Ideological Resistance in Syria (al-muqawama al-wataniya al-'aqa'idiya fi Souria)
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (The Movement of God the Outstanding)
Egypt Muslim Brotherhood Gangs
Mubarak's Thugs/Baltagiya
Popular Committees
Vigilantes Bullying Voters
Guinea Camara's Militias
Donzos Militia
Bahrain Plainclothes Security Forces
Serbia Tsar Lazar Guards
Mali Mouvement patriotique malien Ghanda Koy aka Ganda Koy
Ganda Izo
Imghad and Allies Tuareg self-defence group/ Gatia
Yemen (formerly: Yemen Arab Republic) Saleh's Thugs
Popular Committees
Ethiopia Gumuz Militia
Weyane Militia/ TPLF Militia/ Tigray People's Liberation Front Militia
Ukraine Donbas Battalion
Oplot
Nepal Youth Force
South Sudan Youth Militia
Somalia Ahlu Sunnah wal Jama'a
Raskamboni / Raas Kaambooni
Barre Hiiraale's Militia
Gurgurte Militia
Azerbaijan SOCAR security guards