High Court issues stay order halting executions
The High Court has issued a stay order halting executions by the state pending a ruling on the constitutionality of regulations enacted in April 2014 for implementing the death penalty.
24 Jul 2016, 9:00 AM
The High Court issued today a stay order halting executions by the state pending a ruling on the constitutionality of regulations enacted for implementing the death penalty.
The stay order will be in force until a judgment is delivered in a case filed by the Maldivian Democracy Network. The local human rights NGO asked the court to strike down several provisions of the regulations approved by the cabinet in April 2014.
The order offers a reprieve for Hussain Humam Ahmed and Ahmed Murrath, two convicts who were facing execution by lethal injection or hanging after the Supreme Court upheld their death sentences last month.
The Maldives has been facing mounting international pressure against the reintroduction of capital punishment after a six-decade unofficial moratorium.
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