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Politics

Yameen’s family petitions UN for international investigation

The appeal for urgent action was submitted to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and four Special Rapporteurs on the family’s behalf by pro bono international counsel Jared Genser.

11 May 2017, 9:00 AM

Politics

UN panel rejected government’s appeal of Nasheed ruling

A UN human rights panel rejected the government’s appeal of its judgment declaring former President Mohamed Nasheed’s imprisonment illegal, the opposition leader’s lawyer Jared Genser told the press in London yesterday.

26 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM

Politics

“I will go back to the Maldives”: Nasheed calls for escalating pressure with sanctions

Flanked by his heavyweight lawyers Jared Genser, Amal Clooney, and Ben Emmerson, the opposition leader stressed that his temporary release does not signal an end to the “repression” of President Abdulla Yameen’s administration. Nasheed said Yameen only felt “compelled to act” when faced with the threat of sanctions.

25 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM

Politics

Supporters jubilant as Nasheed leaves the Maldives

Opposition supporters are celebrating former President Mohamed Nasheed’s temporary release from prison with family members and lawyers live-tweeting photos of his departure from the Maldives.

18 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM

Politics

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

Features & Comment

Ten Questions for the Government of the Maldives

While it is unsurprising that the Government of the Maldives wishes to have a fact-free conversation about the rapidly deteriorating human-rights situation in the country, the international community will not be persuaded by mere repetition of the same claims lacking foundation in law or evidence, writes Jared Genser, legal counsel to former president Nasheed

17 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

Lawyers step up campaign for Nasheed’s release, call for sanctions

Jared Genser, Amal Clooney, and Nasheed’s wife, Laila Ali, briefed the British press yesterday on the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention’s (WGAD) opinion, which said the opposition leader’s conviction in March was politically motivated and breached international law. The heavyweight lawyers are seeking “travel bans and targeted financial sanctions against Maldivian government officials who have been implicated in serious human rights abuses.”

06 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM

Features & Comment

High hopes for UN opinion on Nasheed’s imprisonment

After months of street protests, hundreds of arrests, and failed talks, the opposition and civil society groups hope a UN opinion on Nasheed’s imprisonment will provide a way forward. But will the government abide by a ruling favorable to Nasheed?

30 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

Maldives denies hiring US lobbyist Podesta Group

The Attorney General’s Office has denied reports that the government of Madives has hired Washington’s most prominent lobbyist firm, Podesta Group, to advocate on its behalf amidst calls for sanctions for human rights violations.

27 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

Lawyers defend call for targeted sanctions to secure Nasheed’s release

Reiterating calls for targeted sanctions against Maldivian government officials if Nasheed is not released, the opposition leader’s international lawyers Amal Clooney, Jared Genser, and Ben Emmerson said his case is “emblematic of a broader, brutal crackdown on democracy and human rights involving not only the former president, but also large parts of the population.”

25 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

‘We worry for his safety’: Nasheed’s daughter at UN Human Rights Council

“My father, Mohamed Nasheed, former president of Maldives, was imprisoned by the Maldivian government on fabricated charges of ‘terrorism.’ He is the first democratically elected president of the Maldives. Although I know him as my tenacious and also brilliant father, who has tirelessly risked the majority of his life trying to establish basic human rights in our country,” said Meera Laila Nasheed at the UN Human Rights Council yesterday.

25 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

Cherie Blair speaks out against sanctions on the Maldives

Blair said sanctions must not be used over the imprisonment of a single individual, former President Mohamed Nasheed. In response, his lawyers said they will pursue targeted sanctions against individual abusers because of the numerous political prisoners in the Maldives.

16 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

Government assures investigation of alleged bugging of ex-president’s meeting with lawyers

Following international media coverage of the alleged secret surveillance, the prisons authority said in a statement – posted in English on Twitter by the foreign ministry yesterday – that the “suggestion that the Maldives Correctional Services or the government is responsible for this infringement is wholeheartedly rejected.”

12 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

Government ‘spied’ on Nasheed’s meeting with lawyers Amal Clooney, Jared Genser

Former President Mohamed Nasheed’s high-profile international lawyers Amal Clooney and Jared Genser have alleged that the government spied on their meeting with the opposition leader at the high-security Maafushi prison this morning.

10 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

High Court rejects state’s appeal of Nasheed’s conviction

Following a preliminary hearing held yesterday to decide whether to proceed with the appeal, the three-judge panel ruled unanimously that it could not accept the case because it was not filed by Nasheed.

10 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

Lawyers will pursue targeted sanctions to secure Nasheed’s release: Amal Clooney

A ruling by the UN working group of arbitrary detention declaring former President Mohamed Nasheed’s imprisonment unlawful would be an “authoritative judgment” that could pave the way for targeted sanctions, asset freezes, and travel bans, the opposition leader’s high-profile lawyers Amal Clooney and Jared Genser told the press today.

10 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

Nasheed’s lawyer Jared Genser arrives in Maldives

Speaking to reporters upon arriving at the international airport this afternoon, Genser expressed confidence that the UN working group will issue a ruling in October declaring Nasheed’s 13-year jail sentence arbitrary and unlawful. Genser traveled from the airport to the Maafushi prison to visit Nasheed along with his colleague Amal Clooney.

09 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

Amal Clooney arrives in the Maldives

Opposition supporters gathered at the Malé airport with a drumming band to welcome jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed’s international lawyer Amal Clooney today. Jared Genser is expected to arrive tomorrow.

07 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

Nasheed’s lawyers, including Amal Clooney, to visit Maldives in September

The international legal team representing former President Mohamed Nasheed, including Amal Clooney, are set to visit the Maldives in early September.

18 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

Ex president’s lawyer denied work visa

Jared Genser, a member of former president Mohamed Nasheed’s international legal team was denied a business visa upon his arrival in the Maldives today.

20 Jul 2015, 4:30 PM

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