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China warns against external interference as Maldives seeks India's help

Exiled former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed has also accused authorities of ill-treating Justice Ali Hameed and has sought release of President Gayoom

Emergency in Maldives an 'all-out assault on democracy': UN rights chief

N High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al- Hussein said the restrictions "create a dangerous concentration of power in the hands of the president"

Ex-Maldives president snubs China, asks India to play role of 'liberators'

Nasheed, whose Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) functions from Colombo, had appealed for India's help yesterday

Maldives: UN censures govt; SC crawls when asked to bend; India disturbed

The latest development has taken place after President Abdulla Yameen declared a 15-day state of emergency in the country on Monday

Indian military intervention will complicate Maldives crisis further: China

China's stand is that relevant parties should find a solution internally

India says 'disturbed' at events in Maldives, no word on intervention

However, China called for a resolution of the crisis in the Maldives through dialogue without external intervention

Maldives political crisis: 'Troubled' US asks Yameen to respect rule of law

The Maldives opposition leader and two Supreme Court judges were arrested today after Yameen declared a 15-day state of emergency

Maldives political crisis: India sacrifices its moral standing yet again

There was a time when a newly independent India, a third world low-income democracy, could punch above its weight in the international arena

Maldives political crisis: Emergency declared, India ponders tough response

Late on Monday night, National Defence Force personnel 'broke into' the premises of the Supreme Court, arrested the chief justice

Maldives: Oppn says military locked down parliament on govt's orders

In a statement, opposition party called Yameen's action desperate, illegal and unconstitutional

Maldives, tourist haven, casts wary eye on growing islamic radicalism

Maldives govt had introduced first state policy on terrorism calling for increased safety awareness

Maldives blogger stabbed to death in restive capital

Rasheed was found in the stairwell of his apartment with multiple stab wounds to his neck and chest

New law a 'direct attack' on free expression in Maldives: UN

Those committing an offence under the bill can face fines, and failure to pay, will result in jail sentence of three to six months

UN asks Maldives to retain death penalty moratorium

Capital punishment regulations were further amended to allow for hanging in addition to lethal injections as methods of execution

Maldivian defamation bill setback for freedom of expression:US

Street protests are banned in the country and people who post criticise government on social media are arrested

Maldives slaps ban on journalists over newspaper ownership row

Mass resignation happened after Haveeru's founder Mohamed Zahir Hussain was ordered to relinquish editorial and administrative control

Maldives court upholds jail sentence on ex-leader Nasheed

The Maldives Supreme Court today upheld a 13-year prison sentence passed last year on the country's first democratically-elected president Mohamed Nasheed, who is living in exile in Britain

Maldives government releases policy on terrorism, extremism

Policy paper says the government will investigate severity of terrorism and violent extremism in the country and take action

Maldives opposition creates coalition against government

Foreign Minister Ahmed Naseem said a number of political parties have joined the Maldives United Opposition

UK grants asylum to Maldives' ex-president Mohamed Nasheed: Lawyer

The Madives government said yesterday that it was disappointed that the UK government had agreed to 'be part of this charade'