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Maldives Ex-President Freed From Jail After Court Overturns Conviction
Jailed former Maldives president Abdulla Yameen was freed Thursday after the High Court overturned his conviction and 11-year prison sentence on graft and money-laundering charges.
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'Indian Military Out' Central To Maldives Ex-President's Comeback Campaign
A former Maldives president jailed on corruption charges has returned to politics with a campaign against Indian influence in the country, worrying New Delhi, which is battling China for supremacy in its own back yard.
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Jailed Maldives Ex-President Gets Bail After Yameen Abdulla's Poll Defeat
The Maldives High Court granted former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom bail on Sunday, making him the latest jailed opponent of President Abdulla Yameen to win freedom since Yameen lost a re-election bid a week ago.
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In Maldives Crisis, Supreme Court U-Turn After Judges' Arrest: 10 Points
Three judges of Maldives Supreme Court on Tuesday evening revoked its order to release nine high-profile political prisoners, one of the points in their 1 February verdict that was seen to have prompted President Abdulla Yameen to impose a state of emergency in Maldives and arrest two top judges. President Yameen, who had minutes earlier restored t...
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Emergency In Maldives: All You Need To Know About The Political Crisis
Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen declared a 15-day state of Emergency in Maldives on Monday following a deepening political crisis where the President refused to comply with a Supreme Court order to release political prisoners. This Emergency gives sweeping powers to security forces to arrest and detain suspects. As the news of Emergency spread, ...
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Pressure Rises On Maldives Leader To Obey Court Order To Free Jailed Foes
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen fired his second police chief in three days and the opposition said it feared violence, as the island nation was pitched deeper into a crisis caused by Yameen's failure to obey a court order to free jailed opponents.
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Maldives Ex-Presidents In talks To 'Legally Topple' Abdulla Yameen Government
Exiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has said he is in talks with the former president - who repeatedly threw him in jail - to "legally topple" the current leader of the troubled honeymoon island.
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Maldives Ex-Vice President Jailed For Plotting President's Assassination
A court in the Maldives has jailed former vice president Ahmed Adeeb for 15 years for plotting to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen following an explosion on the president's speed launch last September, his lawyer said on Friday.
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Jailed Maldives Ex-President To Seek Surgery In UK: Government
Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed, who was jailed for 13 years following a controversial trial last year, has been granted permission to travel to Britain for surgery, the Maldives government said today.
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India Offers Assistance to Maldives to Probe Speed Boat Explosion
India has offered assistance to Maldives to investigate the explosion on a speedboat which was carrying President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and his wife, said the Maldivian Foreign Minister.
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Maldives Minister Says Jailed Ex-President Mohamed Nasheed Can Appeal, Won't Get Pardon
The Maldives would welcome an appeal by its jailed former president against his 13-year sentence, but he was found guilty of terrorism and cannot expect to be pardoned, Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Mass Arrests in Maldives After 'Free-Nasheed' Protests
Maldivian authorities have carried out mass arrests, including of opposition politicians, following a large anti-government protest demanding the release of jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed, officials and activists said today.
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Lawyers Petition UN Over Jailed Maldives Ex-President Mohamed Nasheed
Lawyers for the Maldives' former president Mohamed Nasheed said they filed a petition with the United Nations on Thursday arguing that his detention is illegal and a violation of international law.
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Maldives Defends Controversial Jailing of Ex-Leader
The Maldives government today told its critics to respect a controversial decision to jail the honeymoon islands' first-ever democratically-elected president for 13 years amid a growing global backlash over the verdict.
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Maldives Ex-President Freed From Jail After Court Overturns Conviction
Jailed former Maldives president Abdulla Yameen was freed Thursday after the High Court overturned his conviction and 11-year prison sentence on graft and money-laundering charges.
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'Indian Military Out' Central To Maldives Ex-President's Comeback Campaign
A former Maldives president jailed on corruption charges has returned to politics with a campaign against Indian influence in the country, worrying New Delhi, which is battling China for supremacy in its own back yard.
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Jailed Maldives Ex-President Gets Bail After Yameen Abdulla's Poll Defeat
The Maldives High Court granted former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom bail on Sunday, making him the latest jailed opponent of President Abdulla Yameen to win freedom since Yameen lost a re-election bid a week ago.
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In Maldives Crisis, Supreme Court U-Turn After Judges' Arrest: 10 Points
Three judges of Maldives Supreme Court on Tuesday evening revoked its order to release nine high-profile political prisoners, one of the points in their 1 February verdict that was seen to have prompted President Abdulla Yameen to impose a state of emergency in Maldives and arrest two top judges. President Yameen, who had minutes earlier restored t...
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Emergency In Maldives: All You Need To Know About The Political Crisis
Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen declared a 15-day state of Emergency in Maldives on Monday following a deepening political crisis where the President refused to comply with a Supreme Court order to release political prisoners. This Emergency gives sweeping powers to security forces to arrest and detain suspects. As the news of Emergency spread, ...
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Pressure Rises On Maldives Leader To Obey Court Order To Free Jailed Foes
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen fired his second police chief in three days and the opposition said it feared violence, as the island nation was pitched deeper into a crisis caused by Yameen's failure to obey a court order to free jailed opponents.
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Maldives Ex-Presidents In talks To 'Legally Topple' Abdulla Yameen Government
Exiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has said he is in talks with the former president - who repeatedly threw him in jail - to "legally topple" the current leader of the troubled honeymoon island.
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Maldives Ex-Vice President Jailed For Plotting President's Assassination
A court in the Maldives has jailed former vice president Ahmed Adeeb for 15 years for plotting to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen following an explosion on the president's speed launch last September, his lawyer said on Friday.
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Jailed Maldives Ex-President To Seek Surgery In UK: Government
Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed, who was jailed for 13 years following a controversial trial last year, has been granted permission to travel to Britain for surgery, the Maldives government said today.
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India Offers Assistance to Maldives to Probe Speed Boat Explosion
India has offered assistance to Maldives to investigate the explosion on a speedboat which was carrying President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and his wife, said the Maldivian Foreign Minister.
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Maldives Minister Says Jailed Ex-President Mohamed Nasheed Can Appeal, Won't Get Pardon
The Maldives would welcome an appeal by its jailed former president against his 13-year sentence, but he was found guilty of terrorism and cannot expect to be pardoned, Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Mass Arrests in Maldives After 'Free-Nasheed' Protests
Maldivian authorities have carried out mass arrests, including of opposition politicians, following a large anti-government protest demanding the release of jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed, officials and activists said today.
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Lawyers Petition UN Over Jailed Maldives Ex-President Mohamed Nasheed
Lawyers for the Maldives' former president Mohamed Nasheed said they filed a petition with the United Nations on Thursday arguing that his detention is illegal and a violation of international law.
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Maldives Defends Controversial Jailing of Ex-Leader
The Maldives government today told its critics to respect a controversial decision to jail the honeymoon islands' first-ever democratically-elected president for 13 years amid a growing global backlash over the verdict.
