Maldivas

Human Rights in República de las Maldivas

Amnesty International  Report 2013


The 2013 Annual Report on
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Maldives must commute death sentences for two juvenile offenders ...
3 May 2013

The Maldives authorities must commute the death sentences of two teenagers who received capital punishment for a murder allegedly committed when they were under ...

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Maldives: Amnesty International concludes visit to the Republic of ...
25 April 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Index: ASA 29/005/2013. 25 April 2013. Amnesty International concludes visit to the Republic of the Maldives. ...

Public Statement       ASA 29/005/2013

Maldives: Further information: Government to protect 15-year-old ...
12 March 2013

The government of Maldives has recently committed to protecting a 15-year-old, who was found guilty of “fornication” and sentenced to house arrest and flogging. ...

Urgent Action       ASA 29/004/2013

Amnesty International welcomes Maldives government's commitment to ...
6 March 2013

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Index: ASA 29/003/2013. 6 March 2013. Amnesty International welcomes Maldives government's ...

Public Statement       ASA 29/003/2013

Amnesty International | Maldives: Former President's arrest “ ...
5 March 2013

The arrest of former President Mohamed Nasheed is an example of selective justice from the Maldives authorities and highlights their failure to investigate other ...

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Maldives: Rape survivor found guilty of “fornication"
28 February 2013

A 15-year-old survivor of rape is at risk of house arrest and flogging in the Maldives, where she was found guilty of “fornication” by a juvenile court, and sentenced ...

Urgent Action       ASA 29/001/2013

Amnesty International | Maldives: Girl sexually abused should be ...
8 January 2013

The charges of “fornication” against a 15-year old girl in Maldives, who there is strong reason to believe was raped by her step-father, is outrageous, Amnesty ...

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Amnesty International | Maldives: Police violence as ex-president ...
8 October 2012

Police in the Maldives used excessive force when arresting former President Mohamad Nasheed on Monday, said Amnesty International.

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Amnesty International | Maldives MP stabbed to death
2 October 2012

Dr Afrasheem Ali was stabbed to death outside his home in the capital, Malé, early in the morning of Tuesday 2 October. Circumstances around the killing are still ...

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