Government wants to keep list of terror organisations secret
The ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives is seeking to remove provisions in the new anti-terror act requiring the president to make public a list of organisations linked to terrorism.
22 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
The ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives is seeking to remove provisions in the new anti-terror act requiring the president to make public a list of organisations linked to terrorism.
MP Mohamed Saud Hussain also proposed to remove a 15-day deadline for the list’s publication. The law, criticised by human rights groups as draconian, was passed in October.
The period expired in mid November, but President Abdulla Yameen has not made the list public yet.
Saud said he had suggested the changes on the advice of national security council, which consists of cabinet ministers and the heads of the army and the police force. The move would pose threats to national security, according to the council.
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