Maldives Lifts State Of Emergency With Dissidents Locked Up
Faizan Hashmi Published March 22, 2018 | 09:22 PM
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen lifted a 45-day state of emergency on Thursday, a day after senior political opponents were locked up indefinitely for allegedly trying to topple him last month.
Mal, Maldives, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Mar, 2018 ) :Maldives President Abdulla Yameen lifted a 45-day state of emergency on Thursday, a day after senior political opponents were locked up indefinitely for allegedly trying to topple him last month.
Yameen chose not to extend the draconian laws he had invoked on February 5 following a Supreme Court ruling that threatened to lead to his impeachment. "Though there still exists a diminished threat to national security...
in an effort to promote normalcy, the president has decided to lift the state of emergency," Yameen's office said in a statement.
The country's united opposition said lifting the emergency made no practical difference because "Yameen no longer abides by laws and the constitution".
The opposition urged foreign intervention in the Muslim Indian Ocean archipelago of 340,000. "The opposition calls on the international community for swift action on the Maldives, including the imposition of targeted sanctions against regime officials," they said in a statement.
Yameen initially declared the state of emergency for 15 days after the country's top court ordered him to free high-profile dissidents from jail.
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