The 1988 Maldives coup d'état attempt was by a group of Maldivians led by businessman Abdullah Luthufee and assisted by armed mercenaries of a Tamil secessionist...

a coup was attempted against Manuel Noriega, but was suppressed. 1988 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt 1988 Maldives coup d'état attempt: A group of...

This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. A coup is an attempt to illegally overthrow a country's government...

PLOTE.[citation needed] In late 1988, an attempted coup to overthrow the Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's government in Maldives with the help of mercenaries from...

have carried out 38 murders. Maheswaran was involved in the failed 1988 Maldives Coup. On 16 July 1989, Maheswaran was abducted by six men in Colombo. His...

militant organisations like PLOTE for reversing the military coup in Maldives back in 1988. The judgment further cited the death of Thileepan in a hunger...

November 3 – 1988 Maldives coup attempt: The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam, a Sri Lankan Tamil militant group, attempts to overthrow...

Bofors scandal and Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum. In 1988, he reversed the coup in Maldives, antagonising militant Tamil groups such as PLOTE, intervening...

child’s body was without its head." He further described the government's attempts to cover up: "in Puthumathalan alone, over 1500 civilians were killed....

The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in...