17: Coerce

• 170: Coerce, not specified below
• 171: Seize or damage property, not specified below
• 1711: Confiscate property
• 1712: Destroy property
• 172: Impose administrative sanctions, not specified below
• 1721: Impose curfew
• 1722: Impose censorship
• 173: Arrest, detention, confine
• 174: Expel

CAMEO 170: Coerce, not specified below

DescriptionOppression, violence against civilians, their rights or properties not otherwise specified.

ExampleThe Israeli army forced out on Wednesday more than 1,000 Palestinian refugees from their homes in a West Bank refugee camp during a 48-hour search for militants, residents said.

CAMEO 171: Seize or damage property, not specified below

DescriptionUse of force or power against property not otherwise specified.

Usage NotesThis event form category contains sub-forms for more detailed coding whenever possible.

ExampleCroatian authorities are failing to uphold the property rights of Croatian Serb refugees, a human rights group protested here Wednesday.

CAMEO 1711: Confiscate property

DescriptionUse force or power to take control of somebody else's property, confiscate, expropriate.

Usage NotesUse this event form to code for raids and lootings.

ExampleIn an unprecedented move, Palestinian police in Jericho confiscated weapons and explosives from Palestinian armed groups, the Israeli army said Friday.

CAMEO 1712: Destroy property

DescriptionUse force to destroy, demolish property.

ExampleAfghan guerillas blew up three main electric power lines leading into Kabul last month and nearly one third of city's power supply is still down, the Czechoslovak news agency Ceteka reported from Kabul today.

ExampleJewish settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron set fire to the offices of the Palestinian administrators of Muslim property overnight following the killing of an Israeli man, Palestinian residents said Sunday.

ExampleIsraeli army bulldozers demolished Palestinian homes and civilian buildings in southern Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian officials and US witnesses said.

CAMEO 172: Impose administrative sanctions, not specified below

DescriptionFormal decrees, laws, policies aimed at curbing the rights of civilians not otherwise specified.

Usage NotesThis event form category contains sub-forms for more detailed coding whenever possible. Use this event form to code for declarations of emergency and martial law.

ExampleThe military government of President Prosper Avril declared a 30-day state of siege in Haiti on Saturday, suspending parts of the constitution and arresting political opponents, a spokeswoman for the U.S. embassy said.

CAMEO 1721: Impose curfew

DescriptionSet a deadline beyond which inhabitants of an area are not permitted to be on the streets or in public places.

ExampleTurkish authorities have imposed a curfew in the town of Cizre in southeastern Turkey after a demonstration over fraud allegations in Sunday's local elections, security sources said here Tuesday.

CAMEO 1722: Impose censorship

DescriptionProhibit expression of ideas considered somehow objectionable or harmful.

Usage NotesUse this event form to code also for banning of political parties or groups.

ExampleThe British government on Monday outlawed the largest Protestant extremist organization in Northern Ireland because of what it called its direct involvement in killing in the strife-torn province.

ExampleNicaragua's Sandinista government today ordered the opposition newspaper La Prensa to suspend publication indefinitely, a spokesman for the paper said.

CAMEO 173: Arrest, detain

DescriptionCaptures and imprisonments.

Usage NotesUse this event form to code for arrests, detentions and sentencing that are political or criminal.

ExampleIsraeli soldiers arrested more than 100 Palestinians on Saturday in a security sweep of the Hebron area of the occupied West Bank, military sources said.

CAMEO 174: Expel

DescriptionExpulsions and exiles.

Usage NotesExpulsion of diplomats constitute reduction of diplomatic relations and should be coded as CAMEO 161 'Reduce or break diplomatic relations,' whereas, expulsion of peacekeepers should be coded as CAMEO 164 'Expel or withdraw peacekeepers.' All other expulsions, exiles, and deportations are coded here.

ExampleGhanaian authorities have deported 168 Liberians for travelling without proper documents on a Swedish-registered vessel, a port official said Monday.