Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
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The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formerly a revolutionary movement and was involved in two armed uprisings against the government of Sri
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leadership at May Day Celebration in Colombo in 1999
Trees felled across streets by the JVP as a disturbance to government supply
A banner set up for May Day celebrations
A pro-democracy protest by the JVP
1987–1989 JVP insurrection
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The 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, also known as the 1988–1989 revolt, was an armed revolt in Sri Lanka led by the Marxist–Leninist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna against the Government of Sri Lanka, then led
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
…was formerly a revolutionary movement and was involved in two armed uprisings against the government of Sri Lanka: once in 1971 (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 politics and has updated…
Sri Lankan army on patrol in a village to combat the Insurgents
Sri Lanka Army looks at dead bodies of suspected JVP members killed by the People's Revolutionary Red Army
A village locked down due to a JVP-enforced hartal