The 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, also known as the 1988–1989 revolt or the JVP troubles, was an armed revolt in Sri Lanka, led by the Marxist–Leninist...

The 1971 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) insurrection (also known as the 1971 Revolt) was the first of two unsuccessful armed revolts conducted by the...

1971 JVP insurrection, the first attempt by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna to overthrow the Sri Lankan government. 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, the second...

Kandy District of the Central Province, Sri Lanka during the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection. While the massacre was officially attributed to an anti-communist...

The following is a list of notable assassinations of the Second JVP Insurrection, most of which were carried out by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or by...

launched a second insurrection in 1987, seeking to overthrow the then-incumbent United National Party government. As the tension grew, JVP and its military...

Maltese Insurrection 1971 JVP insurrection, a Sri Lankan war initiated by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna ("People's Liberation Front") 1987–1989 JVP insurrection...

1971 JVP insurrection against the Government of Ceylon. The JVP launched its second armed uprising known as the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection against the...

Wijeratne, State Minister of Defence on 4 August 1989 at the height of the 1987–89 JVP Insurrection in the south of Sri Lanka. The Special Task Force...

paramilitary group in Sri Lanka. It was mainly active during the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, where it was one of the main anti-communist paramilitaries alongside...

when it was deployed to the Matale District at the height of the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection undertaking counter insurgency operations in the district. He...

Thrividha Balaya, as well as counter-insurgency operations during the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection. Rajapaksa took early retirement from the army and moved into...

of 1971 and 1987-1989, Ethnic Studies Report, ICES, Vol. XVII, No. 1, January 1999. List of assassinations of the Second JVP Insurrection Inter University...

Coordinating Officer of the North Central Province during the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection and Commissioner General for Rehabilitation. Born to Mendis and...

Publications. p. 114. In the late 1950s Hazaras again organized an armed insurrection in opposition to the imposition of heavy taxes. The state pacified the...

election was held amidst both the Sri Lankan Civil War and the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection. Voter turnout was only 55%, substantially lower than the previous...

with destroying rival Tamil groups while the government cracked down on the JVP uprising with the Operation Combine. When both major combatants had established...

Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP; People's Liberation Front). The attack was led by Keerthi Vijayabahu, as a preparation for the 1987-1989 JVP insurrection. The Sri Lankan...

organization of the JVP, these include the attack on the SLAF detachment in Pallekele. In 1989 the organising committee of the JVP ordered Premakumar to...

during the 1987–89 JVP insurrection to detain persons who were linked to or suspected to have links to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), as part of...

and the arrival of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF), the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection began in the south of the country. Colonel Wimalaratne was appointed...

human rights in Sri Lanka during the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection. State terrorism in Sri Lanka 1987–89 JVP Insurrection Fernando, Ravindra (2015). Death of...

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) organisation, which was staging a rebellion in the country at the time. Five members of the JVP were eventually put on trial...

Peramuna (JVP; transl. People's Liberation Front). Wijeweera led the party in two unsuccessful insurrections in Sri Lanka, in 1971 and 1987 until his...

attacked the Pallekele Army Camp in Kandy, and thus began the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection. During this period, Kumaratunga was in support of the peace agreement...

took part in the Vadamarachchi Operation in May 1987. With the start of the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, both regular and volunteer units of the regiment...

Lankan Civil War (1983–2009) and the first (1971) and second JVP insurrections (1987–1989). A common definition of terrorism is the systematic or threatened...

Branch in 1989 by Air Vice Marshal Oliver Ranasinghe, it initially under took counter insurgency operations during the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection and thereafter...

late 1989. It was one of the 13 death squads sponsored by the Sri Lankan government to suppress opposition during the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection. The...

(SLFP), and another in 1987–1989 (UNP). The motive for both uprisings was to establish a socialist state. Since then the JVP has entered mainstream democratic...