Challenges galore for current regime in the Maldives: Nooshin Waheed

A human rights defender from the Maldives, with counter-terrorism expertise, Nooshin Waheed is the chairperson of the Maldivian Democracy Network, a non-profit human rights organisation, and a consultant to the Maldives president on counter-terrorism. In an interview with Aditi Phadnis, Waheed delves upon how radicalisation is a serious problem in her country but is also positive that the strong policies by the current regime will help in dealing with it. Edited excerpts:

Elections in the Maldives held earlier this year were keenly watched here in India. We were not confident that the outgoing regime would actually pass on power, but it