Annual Report 2012
The state of the world's human rights

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Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES

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Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice ...
24 May 2012

Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

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Maldives must investigate sexual harassment of detained women ...
28 March 2012

Maldives authorities must immediately investigate allegations that police beat and sexually harassed four women detained during an anti-government rally, Amnesty ...

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Maldives must investigate sexual harassment of detained women ...
28 March 2012

Police beat and sexually harassed four women detained during an anti-government rally, according to testimony gathered by Amnesty International.

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Maldives security forces use violence against peaceful protesters ...
8 March 2012

At least six people injured, some seriously, as combined forces of police and military attack around 300 demonstrators in the capital.

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Maldives security forces use violence against peaceful protesters ...
7 March 2012

Maldives police and military forces responded with violence against a peaceful rally backing the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), Amnesty International documented ...

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Blog: Maldives security forces assault women protesters | Amnesty ...
29 February 2012

Women in the Maldives describe how security forces violently suppressed their protest against the new president.

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Maldives security forces must stop using violence against ...
8 February 2012

Maldives security forces must stop using violence against supporters of Mohamed Nasheed's Maldivian Democratic Party, a day after he was forced to resign the ...

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Maldives: End use of excessive force against protesters | Amnesty ...
8 February 2012

Police in the Maldives have reportedly attacked outgoing president Mohammed Nasheed and his supporters during a peaceful protest.

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Maldives must avoid persecution of ousted government | Amnesty ...
7 February 2012

The new authorities in the Maldives must avoid persecuting members of outgoing president Mohammed Nasheed's political party, Amnesty International said today, ...

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Maldives must avoid persecution of ousted government | Amnesty ...
7 February 2012

The Maldivian president has resigned following a police mutiny after a group of police officers joined opposition-led protests.

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