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Sanctions

Features & Comment

Sanctions, elections, the Maldives and India: A Q&A with Mohamed Shainee

Mohamed Shainee is a confidant of President Abdulla Yameen.

11 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM

Politics

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, 9:00 AM

Politics

US threatens sanctions against Maldives

The government shows no sign of yielding to external pressure.

07 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

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, 9:00 AM

Features & Comment

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, 9:00 AM

Politics

Details emerge of EU sanctions on Maldives

Countries can work with ‘third states’ to maximise the impact of sanctions.

19 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM

Politics

Maldives opposition celebrating sanctions threat ‘like Eid’

The Maldives president accused the opposition of being selfish.

18 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM

Politics

EU approves targeted sanctions on Maldives government officials

Maldives government officials could face travel bans and asset freezes.

16 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM

Politics

EU to sanction Maldives

An erosion of rights and a crackdown on the opposition has led to the EU decision.

15 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM

Crime

Maldives politician arrested on eve of EU sanctions

Mohamed Ameeth was dragged away by five policemen during an opposition rally.

15 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM

Politics

EU warned Maldives of sanctions this month, says president

The European Union has previously spoken of ‘targeted measures’ against the Maldives.

10 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM

Features & Comment

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, 9:00 AM

Politics

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, 9:00 AM

Politics

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, 9:00 AM

Features & Comment

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, 9:00 AM

Politics

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, 9:00 AM

Business & Tourism

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, 9:00 AM

Politics

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, 9:00 AM

Politics

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, 9:00 AM

Politics

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, 9:00 AM

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