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On 1 February, 2018, the Maldives Supreme Court had ordered the immediate release of nine key political prisoners, including former President Mohamed Nasheed, and reinstated 12 members of parliament who had been stripped of their posts. President Yameen of Maldives stated that the Supreme Court had overstepped its authority and declared a "state of emergency" on 5 February, 2018. |
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* On Thursday (February 1, 2018), the Supreme Court of Maldives had ordered the immediate release of nine political prisoners, including former President Mohamed Nasheed, and reinstated 12 members of parliament who had been stripped of their posts. This would effectively place the opposition in majority in the parliament, granting them the power to impeach the current President, Abdulla Yameen, who was exposed in last September as having laundered $1.5bn using the country’s central bank. |
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By firing two police chiefs within a matter of three days, Yameen took control over the police force as well by Saturday (February 3). |
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On Sunday morning (February 4), the attorney general of Maldives, Mohamed Anil, through a televised appearance along with the chief of army, Ahmed Shiyam, and the (new) chief of police, Abdulla Nawaz, announced that all law enforcement agencies would not be obeying “such an illegal order”. By afternoon, the army had sealed of the parliament and arrested opposition members of parliament. The police had announced its intention to arrest the Chief Judicial Administrator of Department of Judicial Administration (DJA), Hassan Saeed. By evening, crowds outside the Supreme Court Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed's residence were tear-gassed and pepper-sprayed. |
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On Monday (Feb 5, 2018), it was reported that the judges had taken refuge inside the premises of the Supreme Court after facing death threats and imminent retribution from Yameen, who through letter made public by his office, had stated that the Supreme Court had overstepped its authority. |
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| 2018 Maldives political crisis | |
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| Date | 1 February 2018 – ongoing |
| Location |  Maldives |
On 1 February, 2018, the Maldives Supreme Court had ordered the immediate release of nine key political prisoners, including former President Mohamed Nasheed, and reinstated 12 members of parliament who had been stripped of their posts. President Yameen of Maldives stated that the Supreme Court had overstepped its authority and declared a "state of emergency" on 5 February, 2018.
Background
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Tunisian revolution of 2011
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Timeline
- On Thursday (February 1, 2018), the Supreme Court of Maldives had ordered the immediate release of nine political prisoners, including former President Mohamed Nasheed, and reinstated 12 members of parliament who had been stripped of their posts. This would effectively place the opposition in majority in the parliament, granting them the power to impeach the current President, Abdulla Yameen, who was exposed in last September as having laundered $1.5bn using the country’s central bank.
By firing two police chiefs within a matter of three days, Yameen took control over the police force as well by Saturday (February 3). On Sunday morning (February 4), the attorney general of Maldives, Mohamed Anil, through a televised appearance along with the chief of army, Ahmed Shiyam, and the (new) chief of police, Abdulla Nawaz, announced that all law enforcement agencies would not be obeying “such an illegal order”. By afternoon, the army had sealed of the parliament and arrested opposition members of parliament. The police had announced its intention to arrest the Chief Judicial Administrator of Department of Judicial Administration (DJA), Hassan Saeed. By evening, crowds outside the Supreme Court Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed's residence were tear-gassed and pepper-sprayed. On Monday (Feb 5, 2018), it was reported that the judges had taken refuge inside the premises of the Supreme Court after facing death threats and imminent retribution from Yameen, who through letter made public by his office, had stated that the Supreme Court had overstepped its authority.
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