Majlis passes landmark Anti-Torture Act, Prisons and Parole Act
16 Dec 2013, 10:01 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
The People’s Majlis voted unanimously today to pass the landmark Anti-Torture Act, and the Prisons and Parole Act.
The Anti-Torture Act declares freedom from torture as a fundamental right, penalises torture, ensures respect for human rights of criminal suspects, and prohibits torture in state custody, detention in undisclosed locations, and solitary confinement.
The act further declares any statement obtained through torture to be invalid in a court of law.
Speaking to Minivan News, MP Eva Abdulla said she had proposed the Anti-Torture bill to “ensure we do not carry forward the legacy of torture” inherited from Maldives’ authoritarian past.
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