UN rights experts call for public inquiry into Yameen’s murder
The three Special Rapporteurs observed that the unsolved murder was “the latest in a series of attacks against journalists and human rights defenders expressing liberal views,” which occurred “against a backdrop of rising religious intolerance in the Maldives”.
10 May 2017, 9:00 AM
Three UN human rights experts have called on the authorities to carry out a thorough and independent public inquiry into the brutal murder of liberal blogger Yameen Rasheed on April 23.
In a statement released Tuesday, the Special Rapporteurs observed that Yameen’s unsolved murder was “the latest in a series of attacks against journalists and human rights defenders expressing liberal views.”
The murder occurred “against a backdrop of rising religious intolerance in the Maldives and reports suggest that most of the attacks have gone unpunished,” it added.
The statement came from Dr Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief and former foreign minister of Maldives, David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection the right to freedom of opinion and expression and Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders.
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