Former Maldives VP gets 10 years on terrorism charge   Associated Press, The Washington Post    6 June 2016   MALE, Maldives — A Maldives court has convicted the country’s former vice president on a terrorism charge for possession of firearms and sentenced him to 10 years in prison. The decision by the Criminal Court on Sunday in a session closed to the media made Ahmed Adeeb the fourth high-profile politician to be jailed on

Maldives ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Letter: The Maldives' fragile democracy is under threat once more By The Guardian 1 October 2012 The outlook for democracy in the Maldives is deteriorating. Last week, former president Mohamed Nasheed, the country's first democratically elected leader, was put under "island arrest" and banned from leaving the capital Male

01 October 2012 "Letter: The Maldives' fragile democracy is under threat once more" By The Gaurdian 05 September 2012 "Maldives: Report exposes violent repression of opposition supporters" By Amnesty International