Maldives government ‘crushing dissent in all-out assault on democracy’
Rights abuses have flourished under the current government, a new report says.
16 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM
The Maldives government has increasingly violated the fundamental human rights of its citizens and put the country on a dangerous path towards autocratic rule, a Human Rights watch report published Thursday said.
The 60-page report, An All-Out Assault on Democracy: Crushing Dissent in the Maldives,documents the human rights abuses that have flourished under President Abdulla Yameen’s administration.
Last month the European Union said it was imposing sanctions on people or institutions guilty of violating rights abuses in the Maldives.
But Yameen’s government shows no sign of yielding to external pressure to release political opponents, relax restrictions on free speech, restore democracy or hold free and fair elections next month.
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