Senator McCain ‘standing for human rights in the Maldives’
Jailed former President Mohamed Nasheed’s international lawyers Jared Genser and Amal Clooney met with US Senator John McCain yesterday as their campaign seeking targeted sanctions to secure the opposition leader’s release intensifies.
14 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
Jailed former President Mohamed Nasheed’s international lawyers Jared Genser and Amal Clooney met with US Senator John McCain yesterday, stepping up their campaign seeking targeted sanctions to secure the opposition leader’s release.
The high-profile lawyers have been lobbying the US government and lawmakers this week to impose asset freezes and travel bans against top Maldivian officials accused of human rights abuses.
Genser’s Freedom Now, a renowned Washington-based campaign group for political prisoners, urged President Barack Obama to issue an executive order for imposing targeted sanctions against key Maldivian officials.
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