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Maldives ready for executions in September, president declares

The Maldives will be ready to carry out the first executions in more than 60 years next month, President Abdulla Yameen declared Sunday amid growing international concern over the reintroduction of the death penalty.

An eye for an eye, or save the lives of mankind?

As the state prepares for its first execution in more than half a century, Shahindha Ismail ruminates on the value of forgiveness and mercy in Islam.

Tariq Ramadan’s appeal for President Yameen to stop imminent execution

In a letter sent to President Yameen on July 5, the renowned Islamic scholar wrote that executing Hussain Humam without the consent of the victim’s family “would contravene the fundamental principles of Islamic law.”

Maldives urged to halt execution by EU, UN rights experts

Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has also opposed Humam’s execution without the consent of the victim’s family. “No Islamic state has the right to carry out qisas except as provided in Islam,” he declared in a tweet.

What some people call journalism

The role of ‘journalists’ like the editor of pro-government outlet Avas and the establishments that prop such people up, was crucial in bringing to an end the Maldives’ democratic transition. It is playing an equally crucial role in strengthening the current government’s authoritarianism, writes Azra Naseem.

Are we all going to kill Humam?

Hussain Humam was sentenced to death “through a process that has breached the principles of Islamic Shari’a, common law, international obligations and even common sense,” argues Shahindha Ismail, calling for an independent psychiatric evaluation of the 23-year-old death row inmate.

High Court grants Humam a month to appoint lawyer in death penalty appeal

Afrasheem murder suspect Shan acquitted at Criminal Court

Witnesses seek to provide alibi for Afrasheem murder suspect

MDP condemns death threats received by Majlis members

Humam’s confession used against Shan in Dr Afrasheem’s murder trial

Humam sentenced to death for murder of Dr Afrasheem

Heirs of slain MP want execution if court finds suspect guilty

MDP MP Ali Waheed calls to exhume body of murdered MP Afrasheem, conduct post-mortem

Father of main suspect in Afrasheem murder case accuses police of coercion

Police arrest MNDF officer accused of planning Dr Afrasheem’s murder

Chief suspect in Afrasheem case confesses to stabbings, robberies, murder, but denies attack on MP

Court sentences Humam for six years on charges of using cannabis

Main suspect in Dr Afrasheem’s murder case denies charges