Maldives Crisis
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India expresses ‘deep dismay’ over Maldivian court’s decision to imprison former president, judges
The Ministry of External Affairs said the verdict casts doubt on the Maldivian government’s commitment to uphold the rule of law.
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Maldives lifts 45-day state of emergency, says there is a ‘diminished threat to national security’
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen had imposed the emergency on February 5 after the Supreme Court ordered the government to release political prisoners.
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Maldives charges former President Maumoon Gayoom and two Supreme Court judges with terrorism
The country is likely to lift the state of emergency on Thursday, 45 days after it was imposed.
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Maldives will not extend emergency, will charge judges, ex-president with bribery, says envoy
The 45-day state of emergency is due to end on March 22.
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Maldives: Our problem is an internal matter like Kashmir, India should stay away, says minister
Mohamed Shainee said a ‘third party’ – neither India nor China – had started negotiations to help resolve the political crisis in the country.
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‘Distortion of facts’: Maldives criticises India for calling extension of emergency unconstitutional
Maldivian Prosecutor General Aishath Bisham, however, purportedly said that the emergency was no longer valid.
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India says it is ‘deeply dismayed’ by the extension of emergency in Maldives
New Delhi said this would delay the restoration of normalcy in the island nation.
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Maldives crisis: Is it time for an Indian military intervention?
India has intervened in Maldives in the past. Should it do so again? A round-up of opinion from the press.
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Maldives to deport arrested journalists on Saturday, says it will not take other legal steps
Money Sharma, a photojournalist from Punjab, and Atish Patel, a video correspondent of British-Indian origin, work for the news agency Agence France-Presse.
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Narendra Modi, Donald Trump discuss Maldives crisis over phone
The two leaders talked about the importance of the rule of law on a day a news channel in the island nation was forced to go off air.
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Video: Why Maldivian leaders like former President Nasheed want India to intervene in the crisis
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency for 15 days and ordered the arrest of a former President and chief justice.
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India must stop intervening in the affairs of the Maldives, says Chinese state-run media
The editorial was published even as former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed urged India to send its envoy to Male and involve its troops.
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