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Red Hand Defenders

illegal paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland
Organization paramilitary_organization Q764262

Facts

5 properties

Identity

Instance of
paramilitary organization

Status and dates

Inception
September 1998[3]

Location

Country
Northern Ireland[2]
More facts +2
Designated as terrorist by
European Union (2001–2009), United Kingdom[5]
Political ideology
Ulster loyalism[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Red Hand Defenders en RHD es Defensores de la Mano Roja he חבורת "היד האדומה" ja 赤手防衛軍 ru Защитники Красной Руки ru ЗКР ru РХД ru ЭрЭйчДи zh 红手捍卫者 zh-hant 紅手捍衛者
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Described at URL
cain.ulster.ac.uk
Freebase ID
/m/022h8_
Interlingual Index ID
i79487
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
66053
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
08058592-n

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🔗 Connections
Designated as terrorist by 2
United Kingdom, European Union
Country 1
Northern Ireland
Instance of 1
paramilitary organization
Political ideology 1
Ulster loyalism
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Summary

Red Hand Defenders is a paramilitary organization[1].

Related Entities

Northern Ireland United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . cain.ulster.ac.uk. cain.ulster.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Terrorism Act 2000. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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