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'History comes full circle' for ex-Maldives President Yameen as court puts
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Former Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen was sentenced to 11 years in prison last month after he was found guilty of corruption and money laundering related to receiving payoffs from a private company.
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Maldives ex-President Yameen visited Singapore, Malaysia, as land broker:
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], August 2 (ANI): Ex-President Abdulla Yameen had visited places like Singapore and Malaysia, acting not as a President of Maldives, but as a land broker, dealing with foreign hoteliers and business tycoons, a media report said.
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Maldives' former President Yameen a man with many secrets
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Male [Maldives], May 14 (ANI): The youth of Maldives are voicing their concerns over former President Abdulla Yameen's racist agenda of creating hate and fear in the country and are calling out for his re-arrest raising flags about his involvement in a corruption scandal.
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Protests against former President Yameen intensify in Maldives
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Male [Maldives], May 12 (ANI): Protests against former President of Maldives, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, have intensified after he has been on the run, stealing billions of rufiyaa from the state coffers and depositing 450 million rufiyaa in his personal account.
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Maldivian youth protests against 'India Out' campaign in front of Yameen's
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Male [Maldives], May 4 (ANI): A group of Maldivian youth demonstrated in front of the residence of former President Abdulla Yameen who is running an anti-India "India-Out" campaign.
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Criticising government costing broadcasters in Maldives
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Male [Maldives] September 14 (ANI): With Maldives inching closer to polls, airing content criticising the incumbent government helmed by President Yameen Abdul Gayoom is costing the broadcasters of the nation, says South Asia director of Human Rights Watch, Meenakshi Ganguly.
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Exiled Maldives former president Nasheed ends presidential bid
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 30 (ANI): Former president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed, who is currently in exile, has abandoned plans to contest the upcoming presidential election because of legal obstacles.
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Protesters in Colombo ask Maldives President Yameen to step down
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar.6 (ANI): A large number of Maldivians living in Sri Lanka held a protest rally against the President Yameen government in front of Maldivian embassy in Colombo today.
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Anti-government protests intensify in Maldives, more opposition MPs detain
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Malé [Maldives], Mar. 03 (ANI): Protests against President Yameen has intensified in capital Male and other cities, as joint opposition continues to maintain pressure on the government to implement the Supreme Court ruling of February 1.
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Mohamed Nasheed alleges President Yameen violating UN sanctions on N Korea
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb.28 (ANI): Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has alleged that President Abdulla Yameen went against the sanctions imposed by the United Nations and allowed the ships to transfer cargo to North Korean ships on the high seas.
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Ex-Maldivian Prez welcomes report to take measures on human rights abusers
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb 26 (ANI): Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed on Monday welcomed the case for "targeted sanctions" prepared by an American human rights activist, urging the European Union to impose restrictive measures on "serious human rights abusers in the Maldives".
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Emergency in Maldives: Police issues curfew to halt opposition's gathering
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Feb. 26 (ANI): Amidst the state of emergency in the Maldives, the police here issued a curfew in an attempt to stop an opposition's gathering, said a Maldivian Democratic Party member.
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