Comment: The politics of the death penalty in the Maldives
03 Mar 2014, 5:38 PM
Abdur-Rahman
In a presidential campaign rally in 2008, former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom dismissed the issue of death penalty:
“Maldivians won’t accept it. The international community no longer accepts it…this can’t be done in the Maldives.”
Five years’ on, and such a statement from a major politician seems unthinkable. In fact, in 2012, in the aftermath of the murder of Afrasheem Ali, Gayoom stated: “Death penalty is an option.”
Not mainly a religious or human rights issue
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