Sanctions
Sanctions, elections, the Maldives and India: A Q&A with Mohamed Shainee
Mohamed Shainee is a confidant of President Abdulla Yameen.
11 Sep 2018, 09:00
Maldives accuses US of coercion and intimidation after sanctions threat
Washington’s intervention was described as unhelpful and an act of intimidation.
08 Sep 2018, 09:00
US threatens sanctions against Maldives
The government shows no sign of yielding to external pressure.
07 Sep 2018, 09:00
Maldives ‘paradise’ could become Maldives ‘hell’
Sanctions were a last resort and action must be taken quickly, said a former Brussels official.
21 Jul 2018, 09:00
EU sanctions and the Maldives: A Q&A
The government has been warned “not to get caught up in its own propaganda.”
21 Jul 2018, 09:00
Details emerge of EU sanctions on Maldives
Countries can work with ‘third states’ to maximise the impact of sanctions.
19 Jul 2018, 09:00
Maldives opposition celebrating sanctions threat ‘like Eid’
The Maldives president accused the opposition of being selfish.
18 Jul 2018, 09:00
EU approves targeted sanctions on Maldives government officials
Maldives government officials could face travel bans and asset freezes.
16 Jul 2018, 09:00
EU to sanction Maldives
An erosion of rights and a crackdown on the opposition has led to the EU decision.
15 Jul 2018, 09:00
Maldives politician arrested on eve of EU sanctions
Mohamed Ameeth was dragged away by five policemen during an opposition rally.
15 Jul 2018, 09:00
EU warned Maldives of sanctions this month, says president
The European Union has previously spoken of ‘targeted measures’ against the Maldives.
10 Jul 2018, 09:00
Time to promote freedom in the Maldives
If the CMAG is unable to improve the Maldives situation, the UK should not be afraid to countenance targeted sanctions, such as travel bans and asset freezes, on the leadership of the Maldivian Government, writes MP John Glen.
18 May 2016, 09:00
British MPs’ defence of Maldives regime stirs controversy
Three British MPs who defended President Abdulla Yameen’s regime against calls for sanctions during a government-sponsored visit to the Maldives have been accused of “deliberate manipulation of facts” by the opposition.
20 Feb 2016, 09:00
Government decides to relaunch political party talks
The move follow warnings from a visiting delegation from the European parliament that the EU will consider imposing sanctions against top Maldivian officials if the government does not release “political prisoners” and convene “genuine inter-party talks” with an international mediator if required.
11 Feb 2016, 09:00
A trial by media: misinterpretations, contradictions and half-truths in the case of Mohamed Nasheed
The international ‘popular’ trial of former President Mohamed Nasheed has fallen into a spiral of oversimplifications and selective narratives that leads to contradictions, writes PPM MP Dr Abdulla Khaleel. “The real motivation behind their call for sanctions is not the liberation of the former President, but a governmental change, which would turn the sanctions illegal and contrary to the principle of sovereignty.”
26 Jan 2016, 09:00
Nasheed’s lawyers win US Congress support for Maldives sanctions
In her first-ever interview with a US television network, Mohamed Nasheed’s heavyweight human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, wife of actor George, said she had won support for the introduction of a congressional resolution calling for sanctions against members of the Maldives’ current regime until they free her client.
17 Jan 2016, 09:00
Maldives resort owners back bill criminalising tourism boycott call
“The most commonly used method to call for a boycott is social media. We have a lot of trouble selling our packages in tourism fairs and catalogues because of this,” said Ahmed Nazeer, secretary general of the Maldives Association of Tourism Industry (MATI). He told MPs that a law criminalising calls for a tourism boycott is long overdue.
28 Oct 2015, 09:00
PPM MP threatens to jail all opposition MPs with bill on sanctions
“All these people here belonging to MDP should be arrested. This is what we’re trying to do. God willing, that will happen now,” said ruling party MP Riyaz Rasheed.
13 Oct 2015, 09:00
PPM MP proposes criminalising calls for sanctions, tourism boycott
MP Ahmed Nihan, PPM parliamentary group leader, meanwhile called Nasheed’s high-profile lawyers Jared Genser and Amal Clooney “enemies of the state” after the pair launched a campaign lobbying for targeted sanctions against state officials in the wake of a UN rights panel declaring the opposition leader’s imprisonment arbitrary and politically motivated.
10 Oct 2015, 09:00
Maldives hires US lobbyist Podesta Group for US$300,000
The government of Maldives has hired Washington’s most prominent lobbyist firm Podesta Group for a sum of US$300,000 to advocate on its behalf amidst calls for sanctions on government officials for human rights violations.
27 Sep 2015, 09:00
