Nasheed’s lawyers ask UK for targeted sanctions
Former President Mohamed Nasheed’s lawyers have submitted to the UK government a list of potential targets for sanctions, prompting a ruling party MP to claim the opposition leader’s supporters will be banned from Saudi Arabia and China.
27 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
Former President Mohamed Nasheed’s lawyers have submitted to the UK government a list of potential targets for sanctions, prompting a ruling party MP to claim the opposition leader’s supporters will be banned from Saudi Arabia and China.
The list of targets is being kept confidential, but a source close to the Maldivian Democratic Party suggested the “list includes some judges, senior officials and cabinet ministers, and resort owners who prop up the regime.”
The call for sanctions follow the government’s refusal to release Nasheed, sentenced to prison on a terrorism charge, despite a UN human rights panel finding his imprisonment arbitrary and illegal.
Outlining authoritarian reversals in the Maldives, Nasheed’s lawyers said in a statement: “It is time for the international community to take concrete action against Yameen’s regime. The list submitted by Nasheed’s counsel to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office identifies the members and supporters of the regime who are most responsible for the most serious human rights violations in the country today.
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