Impunity for religious extremists threatens peace in the Maldives
IFJ 15 April 2021 Impunity for religious extremists threatens peace in the Maldives A failure to prosecute past crimes by religious extremists in the Maldives is causing major problems for the future of democracy in the country. Fazla Abdul-Samad unpacks the situation. Despite recent steps to put the Maldives back on the road to democracy, undoing decades of political patronage has proven difficult since the reign of the current Maldivian President, Ibrahim Mohammed Solih, started in 2018. While there are no organised armed jihadi groups in the Maldives, past threats and attacks against jou...
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