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The Maldives informed Sunday that it has officially communicated its request to the Indian government, urging the withdrawal of Indian military forces from the Maldives by March 15. President Mohamed Muizzu, who has been in office since November 2023, prominently featured the ‘“IndiaOut” slogan during his 2023 presidential election campaign, underscoring the call for the removal [...]

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The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Thursday reviewed the UK’s human rights record for the fourth time. The UPR announced the review on November 7. Some delegations, such as the Maldives and Malaysia, commended the UK on its recent efforts to protect women and girls by criminalizing gendered offenses. Other delegations, [...]

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The United Human Rights Council recognized a “safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment” as a fundamental human right on Friday.  The resolution first proposed in the 1990s will implement the right to a healthy environment and introduce a Special Rapporteur to establish these changes. The text proposed by countries including the Maldives and Morocco passed [...]

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The Union Territory (UT) of Lakshadweep is an archipelago of 36 islands off the Kerala coast; it is one of the smallest Union Territories of India, with a meagre population of around 65,000. The majority of the population follows Islam, but their religious practices are pretty unique and almost exclusively limited to the Union Territory. [...]

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The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ruled Thursday that the United Kingdom did not hold sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, allowing the dispute between Mauritius and Maldives in regards to the delimitation of their boundaries to proceed. The ruling follows a preliminary objection from Maldives, who claimed that the tribunal did not [...]

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On 9th January 2015, in front of the Jeddah Mosque, a Saudi activist and blogger named Raif Badawi was publicly given the first fifty out of the thousand lashes he was sentenced with, for ‘insulting Islam through electronic channels.’ The disturbing incident instantaneously became viral on social media and the #JeSuisRaif movement gained momentum. Saudi [...]

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The Maldives High Court on Monday overturned ex-Vice President Ahmed Adeeb‘s conviction on terrorism charges and ordered a new trial and investigation into the alleged attempted assassination of former President Yameen Abdul Gayoom. Adeeb was arrested and originally convicted of corruption and attempted assassination and terrorism charges when an explosion occurred on Yameen’s boat in September [...]

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A three-judge bench of the High Court in Malé ordered police to release former Maldives president Abdulla Yameen on Thursday. The court ruled that there was not enough reason to hold Yameen beyond a month under the law, finding that the prosecution had not provided sufficient reason to extend his remand in custody. Yameen was [...]

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