- label
- Security Apparatus Enforcement
- category
- Physical
- code
- TC-20
- definition
- State security apparatus is deployed directly against civil society actors through physical enforcement mechanisms. Operates at two scales: (1) mass enforcement — simultaneous police raids on multiple CSO offices, designed for maximum institutional shock and media visibility, with pre-raid media coordination; (2) individual targeting — border detentions, overnight expulsions, travel bans, or security designations against named civil society leaders, activists, or international partners. Both scales share the defining element: uniformed or security service personnel used as the enforcement instrument against civic actors.
- detection signal
- Multiple CSO office raids within 24-48 hours; border detention or expulsion of civil society leaders or international partners; security service involvement in civil society monitoring; travel bans on named activists; overnight deportation of foreign civil society actors; security designation of named individuals.
- instrument type
- Enforcement
- needs review
- false
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