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Groups with Relationship to Government: semi-official (type 2)
Country
Groups
Brunei
Gurkha Reserve Unit
Hungary
Workers' Militia
Czechoslovakia
People's Militia
Ghana
Battalion 64
Association of Committees for the Defence of the Revolution
Committee for the Defence of the Revolution
Civil Defense Organization
Progressive Voluntary Organization
Ghana Private Road Transport Union
SEMACO
Patriots Club of Ghana
Angola
People's Defence Organization (ODP)
People's Vigilante Brigades
Executive Outcomes
Civil Defence Organization (ODC)
Libya
Revolutionary Guards
Revolutionary Committees
Amazonian Guard
Al-Qa'qa' Brigade
Tripoli Military Council
Special Deterrent Force (Anti-crime unit)
17 February Martyrs Brigade
Raf'allah al-Sahati Brigade (Libyan Shield Force 3)
Libya Revolutionaries' Operations Room (LROR)
The Libya Shield Force (National Shield)
Supreme Security Committee (SSC)
Algeria
Groups for Legitimate Defense (aka Patriots)
Communal Guards
Municipal Guards
Mozambique
People's militia and vigilance brigades
Sierra Leone
Executive Outcomes
Civil Defense Forces/ Kamajors/ Kapras/ Donso/ Gbethis
Malawi
Young Pioneers (Malawi Congress Party)
Zimbabwe
People's Militia
Youth Service Brigade/Green Bombers
Lithuania
Lithuanian Riflemen's Union
Nigeria
Anambra State Vigilante Group / Onitsha Vigilante Group / Bakassi Boys
Neighbourhood Watch / Vigilante Groups
Operation Vigilance
Zamfara State Vigilante (umbrella org. for various Sharia enforcement vigilantes)
Edo State Vigilante
Abia State Vigilante Group / Bakassi Boys
Anambra State Vigilante Service (AVS) aka Scorpion Squad
Bayelsa Volunteers / Bayelsa Volunteers Anti-Sea Piracy Squad
Benue State Vigilante Group
Neighbourhood Watch Organisation (NOW) of Adamawa State
Enugu State Neighbourhood Watch
Lagos State Vigilante Group
Oyo State Neighbourhood Watch
Plateau State Vigilante Group
Civilian Joint Task Force (Civilian JTF)
Russia
Volunteer People's Militia
Cossacks
Mestnyye
Nashi
Romania
Patriotic Guard
Papua New Guinea
Sandline International
Malaysia
RELA
Myanmar (Burma)
People's Militia
Union Solidarity and Development Association
Swan Arr Shin (Masters of Force)
Ka Kwe Ye-kky
Nepal
Anti-Maoist vigilantes
Young Communist League
Philippines
Civilian Home Defence Force (CHDF)
Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Units (CAFGU)
Manila Crusaders for Peace and Democracy
Civilian Volunteer Organisation (CVO)
Bangladesh
Ansar and Village Defence Party (Ansar and VDP)
Pakistan
Muttahida Qaumi Movement
Community Police
Khasadar
Levies
Ethiopia
People's Militia/ Regional Militia/ Zonal Militia/ Territorial Peoples' Militia/ Territorial Militias/ Peasant Militia
Tigray Militia
Kebele Militia/ Urban Dwellers' association/ Peasants' associations/ neighbourhood committees
Uganda
Rhino Defence Force
Arrow militia
Local Defence Units
Amuka
Afghanistan
Village defence force
Jamaat Islami
Southern tribal militia
Anti-Taliban Militia
Forces of Ismael Khan / Herat Militia
Kandak Amniate Uruzgan
Mohammed Qasim Fahim (semi-official)
Estonia
Kaitseliit (Defence League)
India
Village Defence Force Punjab
Village Defence Committee Kashmir
Village Defence Committee Himachal
Ikhwan-ul-Muslimoon
Home Guard
Salwa Judum
Special Police Officers (SPO)
China
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC)
Turkey
Village Guards
Iraq
Popular Army / Jerusalem Army
Fedayeen Saddam
Peshmerga Kurdish Militia
Saddam's Lion Cubs
Popular Mobilization Force / Hashd al-Shaabi
Cambodia
Provincial and Village Militia
Bolivia
Special Security Service
Iran
Revolutionary Guard
Basij militia
Komiteh
Panama
Dignity Battalions
Saudi Arabia
Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice
Thailand
Village Defence Volunteers (Chor Ror Bor)
Task Force 80
Rangers (Thahan Phran)
Village Protection Volunteers (Or Ror Bor)
Volunteer Defence Corps (Or Sor)
Sudan
Popular Defence Forces (PDF)
People's Police
South Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF)
Rapid Support Force (RSF)
Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army - United Lam Akol (SPLM/A-United Lam Akol)
Sri Lanka
Home Guard/Civil Defence Force
Civil Defence Committees (CDC)
Guatemala
Civilian Defence Patrols (semi-official)
Israel
Settlers
Civil Guard
Village Leagues
Rwanda
Local Defence Force
Indonesia
Ratih - rakyat terlatih
Kamra
Wanra
Makikit
Pemuda Pancasila
Team Alfa
Team Sera
Sakunar
Team Saka
Sharia Police / Wilayatul Hisbah
Aitarak
Hansip/Linmas
Macedonia
Macedonian Lions
El Salvador
Civil Defence Patrols
Nicaragua
Sandinista Popular/People's Militias
Haiti
Tonton Macoutes Semi-official PGM / Volunteers for National Security
Colombia
Rural Defence Groups / Convivir
Soldiers from my Town
United States
State Defence Forces
Congo Kinshasa
Special Presidential Division
Civil Guard
Venezuela
Ezequiel Zamora Military Front
Bolivarian Militia
Peasant/Campesino Militia
Liberia
Vigilante Groups
Tunisia
League/Committees for the Protection of the Revolution (LPR)
Bahrain
National Guard
Fiji
Homelink Security
Ukraine
Crimean Cossacks
International Police Corporation for Public Security (IPCPS)
Aidar Battalion
Dnipro-1
Azov
Shakhtarsk
Battalion Ivano-Frankivsk
Ukrayina battalion
Myrotvorets (Peacemaker)
Peru
Rondas Campesinas (Semi-Official)
Korea North
Worker-Peasant Red Guards (WPRG)
Young Red Guards (YRG)
Syria
National Defence Force
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Mexico
Rural Defense Corps (autodefensas)
Cote d'Ivoire
Southwestern Militias
South Africa
Red Ants/ Wozani Security
Cameroon
President Biya's Youth (PRESBY)
Azerbaijan
Emergencies Ministry paramilitary unit
United Arab Emirates
Mercenary Army
Kyrgyz Republic
Patriots
Turkmenistan
Border Vigilantes