Pardoned Maldives prisoners unable to vote

Pardoned prisoners are told what to wear and must stick to a pro-government social media policy.

Government ‘influencing’ votes by freeing inmates and waiving fines

It will now be easier for drug convicts to be pardoned.

Explicit presidential power to pardon former state officials proposed

Independent MP Mahloof proposed amendments to the Clemency Act to grant legal authority for President Yameen to pardon or commute sentences of convicted former presidents, vice presidents, cabinet ministers, MPs, and Supreme Court Justices.

Calls grow for President Yameen to intervene, resolve political crisis