Departamentul Securității Statului
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Departamentul Securității Statului was the secret police and intelligence agency of communist Romania, notorious for its extensive surveillance and repression of political dissent.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency of Romania
→
intelligence agency → secret police agency → |
| allegiance | Romanian Communist Party → |
| commonName | Securitate → |
| controlledBy | Romanian Communist Party → |
| country | Romania → |
| hasCharacteristic |
high level of secrecy
→
large network of informers → political police functions → widespread fear among population → |
| headquartersLocation | Bucharest → |
| historicalContext |
Eastern Bloc security forces
→
surface form:
Eastern Bloc security services
|
| historicalPeriod | Cold War → |
| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
→
communism → |
| jurisdiction |
Romania
→
surface form:
Socialist Republic of Romania
|
| nativeLabel | Departamentul Securității Statului self-link → |
| nativeLanguage | Romanian → |
| notableFor |
extensive surveillance
→
human rights abuses → repression of political dissent → use of informant networks → |
| operatedIn | communist Romania → |
| opposed |
anti-communist movements
→
ethnic minority activists → political dissidents → religious dissidents → |
| parentOrganization |
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Romania
→
surface form:
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Romania
|
| role |
censorship enforcement
→
counterintelligence → domestic intelligence → foreign intelligence → monitoring political dissent → political repression → secret police → suppression of opposition → surveillance of population → |
| task |
controlling emigration
→
monitoring contacts with foreigners → monitoring cultural and academic life → preventing espionage → protecting the communist regime → |
| usedMethod |
arbitrary arrest
→
mail interception → physical surveillance → political imprisonment → psychological intimidation → torture during interrogations → wiretapping → |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.