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Targeted Sanctions

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EU-Maldives talks focus on free and fair polls

EU officials took up “the continuing deterioration of democracy in the Maldives.”

28 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM

Politics

Maldives defiant after EU parliament calls for targeted sanctions

The Maldivian government said it “does not intend to prolong the state of emergency and plans to lift it as soon as the threats posed to national security are addressed satisfactorily.”

16 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM

Politics

European parliament calls for targeted sanctions over ‘dramatic deterioration’ of Maldives democracy

The resolution urged member states to “publish travel information, warning European citizens about the great discrepancy in the Maldives between the liberal treatment reserved to foreign tourists in complete segregation from the Maldivian population and the increasingly repressive rules applying to its citizens”.

05 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM

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Maldives enlists top US lobbying firm for US$55,000 a month

Amid mounting foreign pressure and the threat of targeted sanctions, Akin Gump has been employed for six months to assist the government with “outreach and communications with US government officials and media regarding ongoing priorities of the Republic of Maldives.”

15 Jul 2016, 9:00 AM

Politics

Kenyan chief justice appointed Commonwealth special envoy to Maldives

Dr Willy Mutunga “will consult with all relevant stakeholders to encourage the strengthening of a pluralist, multi-party democracy, steps towards credible and inclusive presidential elections in 2018 and the advancement of reforms to give full effect to the separation of powers,” according to the Commonwealth.

19 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM

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UK awaits CMAG’s September review of Maldives

A British decision on imposing targeted sanctions against members of the Maldivian government will rest on the outcome of a Commonwealth-led push for reform in the Indian Ocean archipelago, a top diplomat from the UK has said.

30 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM

Politics

UK will consider Maldives sanctions, says Cameron

“We want to see a change in behaviour from the Maldivian government to make sure that political prisoners are set free and yes we are prepared to consider targeted action against individuals if further progress isn’t made,” Cameron told the British parliament yesterday.

28 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

Nasheed to meet UK press on Monday

“In this press conference, President Nasheed and his lawyers will assess the political situation in the Maldives and highlight the human rights abuses still ongoing in a country most people associate with tropical paradise,” the former president’s international legal team said in a press statement today.

21 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

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US urged to impose targeted sanctions against Maldives officials

President Abdulla Yameen’s repressive rule, “blind-eye” to religious extremism, and pervasive human rights abuses, which include the jailing of former President Mohamed Nasheed, “constitute an extraordinary threat to US national security and foreign policy,” renowned campaign group Freedom Now has said.

13 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM

Politics

EU parliament debates targeted sanctions against Maldives

The European parliament is due to vote today on a resolution calling on member states to “freeze the assets abroad of members of the Maldives government and their leading supporters in the Maldivian business community and to impose a travel ban on them, in view of the continuous deterioration of the human rights situation in the country.”

17 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM

Politics

European parliament calls for sanctions on top Maldives officials

The European parliament has adopted a resolution calling on the EU and member states “to introduce restrictive measures in the form of targeted sanctions to freeze the assets abroad of certain members of the Maldivian government and their leading supporters in the Maldivian business community, and to impose travel bans on them.”

17 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM

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Nasheed’s lawyers ask UK for targeted sanctions

Former President Mohamed Nasheed’s lawyers have submitted to the UK government a list of potential targets for sanctions, prompting a ruling party MP to claim the opposition leader’s supporters will be banned from Saudi Arabia and China.

27 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM

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MDP hits back at EC’s condemnation of resolution backing targeted sanctions

The Elections Commission said that a political party that receives state funding should not be allowed to call for sanctions against government officials. The MDP’s national council had passed a resolution calling for targeted sanctions if the government continues to detain President Mohamed Nasheed in defiance of a UN rights panel judgment declaring his imprisonment arbitrary and illegal.

10 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM

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“We shouldn’t rest until Mohamed Nasheed is a free man”: Richard Branson

Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon suggested that the celebrity status of Nasheed’s lawyers has a “very big impact” on international media coverage and shapes international opinion on the opposition leader’s case.

08 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM

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MDP backs targeted sanctions to secure Nasheed’s release

The MDP’s national council adopted a resolution last night backing targeted sanctions on senior officials of the state if the government continues to detain former President Mohamed Nasheed in defiance of a UN recommendation. The government is accusing the MDP of inciting fear.

07 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM

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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

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‘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

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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

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