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US disappointmented over Maldivian government extending the state of emergency

Updated on: 22 February,2018 11:50 AM IST  |  Washington
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The US on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the Maldivian government extending the state of emergency by another 30 days and asked President Abdulla Yameen to uphold the rule of law in the troubled Indian Ocean island nation

US disappointmented over Maldivian government extending the state of emergency

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen. Pic/Getty Images
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen. Pic/Getty Images


The US on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the Maldivian government extending the state of emergency by another 30 days and asked President Abdulla Yameen to uphold the rule of law in the troubled Indian Ocean island nation.


Yameen on Tuesday extended a draconian state of emergency by another month, bolstering his grip on power in the troubled Indian Ocean island nation. "The United States is disappointed by reports that Maldivian President Yameen has extended the state of emergency in that country for an additional 30 days," State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said.


"The US continues to call on President Yameen to end the state of emergency, uphold the rule of law, permit the full and proper functioning of the Parliament and the judiciary, restore constitutionally guaranteed rights of the people of the Maldives, and respect the Maldives' international human rights obligations and commitments," Nauert said. Yameen earlier this month had declared a 15-day state of emergency curtailing the powers of the judiciary and the legislature after the country's Supreme Court ordered the release of a group of Opposition leaders.

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