Editing Enemy of the state (section)

===Political===
* In [[ancient Rome]], some parties could be named an enemy of the state through specific public actions resulting in a formally [[declaration of war|recognized state of war]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Fasolt|first=Constantin |author-link=Constantin Fasolt|title=The Limits of History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCjERTEZvgIC&pg=PA168|access-date=9 July 2013|year=2004|publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]]|isbn=978-0-226-23910-1|page=168}}</ref> The Latin term [[proscription]] was used for official condemnation of enemies of the state.<ref name="Magill2013">{{cite book|editor-last=Magill|editor-first=Frank N. |title=The Ancient World: Dictionary of World Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7NVFUi7G6TEC&pg=PA1209|access-date=9 July 2013|year=2013|volume=1 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-135-45740-2|page=1209}}</ref>
* The term "[[enemy of the people]]" in the [[Soviet Union]] during the period of [[Stalinism]].
* [[Communist Party of Indonesia|Communists]] were considered as enemies of the state in [[Indonesia]] since [[Indonesian mass killings of 1965-66|1965]]. Displaying [[communist symbolism|communist symbols]] or attempting to propagate the ideology is considered an act of [[high treason]] and [[Terrorism in Indonesia|terrorism]] punishable by up to 20 years of imprisonment.<ref>[http://www.wirantaprawira.de/law/criminal/security/index.html Undang Undang no.27/1999, laws on Communism and Marxism-Leninism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230013634/http://www.wirantaprawira.de/law/criminal/security/index.html |date=30 December 2016 }} (Indonesian)</ref>
* [[Jews]], [[Romani people]], [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], [[homosexuality|homosexuals]], [[disabilities|disabled]], [[communism|communists]], [[social democracy|social democrats]] and [[trade union]]ists were considered "enemies of the state" in [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/enemies-of-the-state|title=Enemies of the State |encyclopedia=Holocaust Encyclopedia|date=16 December 2008|access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
* [[Carlos Lamarca]], a [[Brazilian Army]] [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] who [[desertion|deserted]] to become the leader of a left-wing guerrilla against [[military dictatorship in Brazil|the military dictatorship]]; Lamarca was the only man in the [[history of Brazil]] to receive the status of [[traitor]], being considered an "enemy of the state".{{Citation needed|date=November 2013}}
* Leaker of classified U.S. military documents and diplomatic cables [[Chelsea Manning]] was charged with "aiding the enemy" (identified as [[al-Qaeda]]).<ref>{{cite news|last=Dorling |first=Philip |author-link=Philip Dorling|url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/us-calls-assange-enemy-of-state-20120927-26m7s.html |title=US calls Assange 'enemy of state'|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=27 September 2012|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="verdict">{{Cite news|last1=Tate|first1=Julie |last2=Londoño|first2=Ernesto| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/judge-to-announce-verdict-in-bradley-manning-case-today/2013/07/29/e894a75c-f897-11e2-afc1-c850c6ee5af8_story.html |title=Judge finds Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy, guilty of espionage|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=29 July 2013|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref>
* [[Edward Snowden]], the American computer specialist who [[news leak|leaked]] details of top-secret United States and British government [[mass surveillance]] programs to the press,<ref name="wash1">{{cite news |first1=Barton|last1=Gellman |author-link1=Barton Gellman |first2=Jerry|last2=Markon |author-link2=Jerry Markon |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/edward-snowden-says-motive-behind-leaks-was-to-expose-surveillance-state/2013/06/09/aa3f0804-d13b-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_story.html?tid=pm_politics_pop |date=9 June 2013 |access-date=10 June 2013 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |title=Edward Snowden says motive behind leaks was to expose 'surveillance state'}}</ref> has been discussed by opinion writers as being persecuted as an enemy of the state.<ref>
* {{cite web|last=Edwards|first=Bea |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bea-edwards/american-whistleblowers-i_b_3690311.html |title=American Whistleblowers in Prison and in Exile|website=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=1 August 2013|access-date=29 July 2021}}
* {{cite magazine|last=Vlahos|first=Kelley Beaucar|url=http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-right-rallies-to-edward-snowden/ |title=The Right Rallies To Edward Snowden |magazine=[[The American Conservative]] |date=8 August 2013|access-date=29 July 2021}}
* {{cite news|last=Robinson|first=Eugene |author-link=Eugene Robinson (journalist)|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-what-nsa-reforms/2013/08/12/62e04e0c-037f-11e3-9259-e2aafe5a5f84_story.html |title=Eugene Robinson: What NSA reforms? |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=12 August 2013|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref>
* [[Human rights]] defenders working on behalf of communities affected by large-scale [[International development|development]] projects are increasingly branded as enemies of the state.<ref>{{cite news |title=Commentary to the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |url= https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/Defenders/CommentarytoDeclarationondefendersJuly2011.pdf |date=July 2011 |publisher=[[United_Nations_special_rapporteur|Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160311004844/http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Defenders/CommentarytoDeclarationondefendersJuly2011.pdf|archive-date = 2016-03-11}}</ref>{{Where|date = July 2023}}
* [[Clive Palmer]], an Australian mining magnate, was labelled as such by [[Mark McGowan]], the [[Premier of Western Australia]], when Palmer sued the [[Western Australia]]n government for not allowing him free entry into the state during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]] lockdowns.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cross|first1=Daile |last2=Hondros|first2=Nathan |title='I think he's the enemy of Australia': McGowan ramps up war of words with Palmer on WA border battle |url= https://www.smh.com.au/national/i-think-he-s-the-enemy-of-australia-mcgowan-ramps-up-war-of-words-with-palmer-on-wa-border-battle-20200731-p55hdj.html |date=31 July 2020 |access-date=12 August 2020|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref>