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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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November 3 – 1988 Maldives coup attempt: The People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam, a Sri Lankan Tamil militant group, attempts to overthrow...
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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...
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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....
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The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in...
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