Inter-American Commission publishes its human-rights report on Suriname

A group of sixteen non-commissioned officers led by Desi Bouterse seized key military installations and state power in Paramaribo. The coup ended the elected government and interrupted the...

A civilian administration took office under Prime Minister Henk Chin A Sen after the coup. Although civilian ministers were appointed and early declarations promised a return to elections and...

General Decree A transferred governing authority to the Military Authority, imposed a state of siege, suspended the Constitution and suspended Parliament. The rupture converted a coup initially...

Decree C-64 designated a Central Executive Body as the highest governing body and left its composition to the Military Authority. The Inter-American Commission described it as formalizing the de facto...

Fifteen detained opponents—including journalists, union leaders, lawyers, academics and former officials—were killed while in military custody at Fort Zeelandia. Authorities initially described the...

Accounts of the military period describe the movement associated with the revolution’s supporters as changing its name to Stanvaste on the anniversary of 25 February. The organization functioned...

Suriname entered a period with a 31-member appointed parliament. Seats were allocated among nominees of the 25 February Movement, the trade-union movement and business representatives. The National...

Attacks on military posts in Stolkertsijver and Albina during the night of 21–22 July are generally treated as the beginning of the Interior War. Ronnie Brunswijk’s insurgency emerged amid conflict...

A referendum approved a negotiated constitutional framework and opened the way for elections. The process reflected pressure for a return to representative government after years of military rule,...

Suriname held general elections for representative bodies for the first time since the coup. The Front for Democracy and Development won decisively. The result restored electoral competition, though...