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List of secret police organizations (Recently updated to include the US Department of Homeland Security) (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Interesting that the Ukranian Security service is listed here, even though it went through major reforms after Euromaiden. (Before Euromaiden it was definitely a secret police to arrest anyone who was pro-west and anti-russia).

I wouldn’t say it’s any more of a “secret police” in the current day than, something like the FBI. Like sure, they arrest a limited number of pro-Russia secessionists, but the Spanish Guardia Civil do the same to pro-Catalonia seperatists and they aren’t listed here. Plus Ukraine is literally at war with Russia.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Waging a guess, it’s likely because of the wartime powers that suspended some individual rights, combined with the corruption purges and arrests of Russophile orthodox priests and party leaders that happened earlier in the war.

Justified as it may be to remove fifth columnists/foreign agents and puppets during total war, it’s still subverting the norms of a free society.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

The sources justifying it are from before the Russian invasion.

And they are not really enough evidence. It’s basically bits and pieces that don’t really say enough plus one reuters quote that is probably influenced from pre-euromaiden.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I mean, a secret police that does good things can still technically be a secret police.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

This is part of the wikipedia definition of secret police. AFAIK that’s not the case of Ukraine here.

They protect the political power of a dictator or regime and often operate outside the law to repress dissidents and weaken political opposition, frequently using violence.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Like the Secret Santa version of police. They quietly go about their business undoing injustice and helping vulnerable people.