Maldives Nasheed

=<div>=<header class="article-body-header clearfix"><div class="title-wrapper"><h1 class="headline">World’s most environmentally outspoken president forced to resign at gunpoint</h1></div>Tuesday, we told you that Mohamed Nasheed, president of the climate change-threatened Maldives, <a href="http://grist.org/list/the-worlds-most-environmentally-outspoken-president-steps-down/">stepped down</a> from his office. Wednesday, it became clearer that he was <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16945764">forced to step down</a> — at gunpoint. Tuesday, his aides <a href="http://minivannews.com/politics/mdp-condemns-coup-d%E2%80%99etat-police-say-nasheed-detained-for-his-own-safety-31641">said</a> that Nasheed was being held against his will and his party, the Maldivian Democratic Party, called the move to oust him a “coup d’etat.”On Wednesday, Nasheed was able to meet with supporters and, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16945764">according to the BBC</a>, told reporters: “I was forced to resign at gunpoint. There were guns all around me and they told me they wouldn’t hesitate to use them if I didn’t resign.”Protesters in the Maldives had been clamoring against Nasheed’s arrest of a judge who had ordered the release of a government critic. Nasheed has worked as president to raise awareness of climate change issues and the threat it posed to his nation and others. The climate campaigners have rallied to support him: Tuesday night, 350.org asked supporters around the world to <a href="http://act.350.org/sign/help_nasheed/?akid=1576.160.voVSFi&rd=1&t=3">tell their leaders</a> to “put diplomatic pressure not the leaders of this coup to avoid violence and work for a peaceful, democratic solution to their conflict.” 350.org’s message said that Nasheed “has been one of 350.org’s strongest allies, and friends, for many years” and that “he needs your support to ensure his safety.”The climate writer Mark Lynas, who was Nasheed’s climate change adviser for the past two years, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/07/mohamed-nasheed-overthrow-maldives">wrote in the Guardian</a>:<blockquote>Those governments of the world that do value democracy and the rule of law should not be under any illusions about what has just taken place. The former dictator Gayoom and his forces never accepted the outcome of the 2008 elections, and their networks of power and influence were increasingly threatened by Nasheed’s campaign against corruption in the judiciary. Indeed, this crisis was sparked by the arrest of senior court judge who had repeatedly refused to prosecute corruption cases in order to protect powerful allies from the former regime.”</blockquote><div class="sharedaddy"> <div>Sarah Laskow is a reporter based in New York City who covers environment, energy, and sustainability issues, among other things. Follow her on <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/slaskow">Twitter</a>.</div>  <a href="http://grist.org/list/worlds-most-environmentally-outspoken-president-forced-to-resign-at-gunpoint/">http://grist.org/list/worlds-most-environmentally-outspoken-president-forced-to-resign-at-gunpoint/</a>=</div></header></div><div>
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</div><div>The US government has recognized the new standing government in the Maldives just days after the nation's democratically elected president, Mohamed Nasheed, was ousted in a military coup.</div>Agence France-Presse <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iGcC2n9I_zAFzYgFv4L2LCsa9aHw?docId=CNG.ffd77c3e6a6bcbb1ba734e27e6398bc1.2c1" target="blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">reports</a>:<blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box;">The United States on Thursday recognized the new government of Maldives President Mohamed Waheed as legitimate and urged him to fulfill a pledge to form a national unity government.State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland also said Robert Blake, the top US diplomat for south Asia, telephoned former president Mohamed Nasheed to tell him Washington backed a "peaceful resolution" of the crisis on the archipelago."We do," Nuland told reporters when asked if Washington recognizes the new government as the legitimate government of the Maldives. She called Waheed the president and Nasheed the former president.Blake, the assistant secretary of state for south Asian affairs, will travel Saturday to the Maldives to meet with both Waheed and Nasheed, who charges he was ousted in a coup, as well as civil society.</blockquote>Nasheed, according to reports, has been threatened with arrest and 'life in jail' just days after he was forced to resign at gunpoint by renegade police and military forces.  The Indian Ocean island has been in tumult since Nasheed's ouster and clashes continue in and around the major cities of Male and Addu.Reuters <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/09/maldives-idUSL4E8D92GQ20120209" target="blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">reports</a> today:<blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mohamed Nasheed spoke to reporters at his home on a narrow lane in Male, capital of the islands renowned for their luxury getaway resorts, as rain poured and hundreds of onlookers gathered under umbrellas awaiting the arrival of police.Nasheed, the islands' first democratically elected president, appeared to be daring the government led by his former vice president, Mohamed Waheed Hussain Manik, to arrest him after violent protests on Wednesday spread outside Male."The home minister has pledged (I will be) the first former president to spend all my life in jail," said Nasheed, who was relaxed and smiling and showed no signs of his reported beating on Wednesday.He said he hoped the international community would act quickly as "the facts on the ground are that tomorrow I will be in jail".However, there was no sign of the police by early evening. Police Commissioner Abdullah Riyaz, when asked by Reuters if and when a warrant would be served, declined to comment.</blockquote>And Agence France-Presse <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/security-breakdown-maldives-second-city-mayor-072757938.html;ylt=AtnrSq.K50M9DYRgsGhA8qW3scB;ylu=X3oDMTQyZ2psMzMxBG1pdANMYXRlc3ROZXdzIExpc3RpbmcEcGtnA2QxZTk4MmIxLTVmOWItM2NiOS1hOTg3LTE0ZTFiZWU1NjNmZARwb3MDMjIEc2VjA01lZGlhU3RvcnlMaXN0BHZlcgM3ZmUyY2EyYi01MmY1LTExZTEtYjNkNy0wOWQ3MjA1MTVjMjc-;ylg=X3oDMTFrM25vcXFyBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc2VjdGlvbnMEdGVzdAM-;ylv=3" target="blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">reported</a> earlier:<blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box;">The mayor of the Maldives' second-largest city Addu spoke Thursday of a total law and order "breakdown" following a night of violence that saw police stations attacked and torched."There's no law and order at all. It's a complete breakdown," Addu City Mayor Abdulla Sodig told AFP by phone, saying his wrist had been fractured when he was beaten up by a group of people who attacked him in his office.Sodig said police were absent from the city streets, while troops from a nearby military base were focused on protecting Gan Airport -- a major conduit for foreign tourists travelling from the capital Male to luxury resort islands.With 32,000 residents, Addu is the second-largest city in the Maldives after Male.Violence erupted in the Maldives on Wednesday in the wake of the resignation of president Mohamed Nasheed, who later said he had been ousted in a "coup" orchestrated by opposition leaders backed by the police and army.</blockquote><div>
<div>2012 - Ruder Finn accepts contract worth £150,000 per month by current government of Maldives that is currently being condemned by many nations and organizations (including the Commonwealth) for organizing a political coup d'état that led to the fall of the first democratically elected President of the Maldives. While vice-president of Ruder Finn Tchividjian "admitted there were 'diverse points of views' surrounding the circumstances around the change of government"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruder_Finn#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background-image: none;">[22]</a> the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group has reiterated its call for early elections to be held in the Maldives and that the Commission of National Inquiry set up by the current government to investigate the incidents of 7 February 2012 is not impartial or independent.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruder_Finn#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background-image: none;">[23]</a> Since Ruder Finn's involvement with the current coup regime of Maldives, angry pro-democracy Maldivians have been flooding Ruder Finn's Facebook and other social media networks.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruder_Finn#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; white-space: nowrap; background-image: none;">[24]</a></div><div>=</div><div>http://www.democracynow.org/2016/6/3/climate_hero_former_maldives_president_mohamed</div><div>
</div><div>Seven years ago, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed became a hero of the climate justice movement with his impassioned pleas to address global warming. But recently Nasheed has largely been silenced after being ousted in a coup and then jailed by his political opponents. He has just received political asylum in Britain and joins us today.<hr style="margin: 30px 0px; border-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;" /><h2 class="transcript" style="font-weight: 400; margin: 8px 0px 3px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">TRANSCRIPT</h2><div class="fine_print" style="margin-top: 12px; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.</div>AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, as we turn to Britain, where the former president of the tiny Indian Ocean state of the Maldives has been granted political refugee status. Mohamed Nasheed was the Maldives’ first democratically elected president, known internationally for his work on climate change. In 2009, he pleaded with world leaders in Copenhagen to do more to tackle the climate crisis.<blockquote style="line-height: 27px; margin: 35.1875px 70.3906px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">PRESIDENT MOHAMED NASHEED: Our task now is to unite the world behind a shared vision of low-carbon growth. The Maldives is trying to lead the way. I call upon every country in this room to join us, not just for the sake of the Maldives, but for the sake of the entire planet.</blockquote>AMY GOODMAN: Months before the Copenhagen talks, President Nasheed made international headlines when he held an underwater Cabinet meeting in an attempt to bring attention to the dire consequences of global warming. President Nasheed and 11 members of his government, 11 of his government ministers, wore scuba gear and plunged nearly 20 feet into the Indian Ocean.<blockquote style="line-height: 27px; margin: 35.1875px 70.3906px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">PRESIDENT MOHAMED NASHEED: We are actually trying to send our message, let the world know what is happening and what might—what will happen to the Maldives if climate change is not checked. This is a challenging situation. And we want to see that everyone else is also occupied as much as we are, and would like to see that people actually do something about it.</blockquote>AMY GOODMAN: While President Mohamed Nasheed was hailed as a climate hero by many in the international community, back home in the Maldives it was a different story. In 2012, he was ousted in what he called an armed coup by supporters of former dictator Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. Then in 2015, President Nasheed was sentenced to 13 years in prison after being convicted under the Maldives’ Anti-Terrorism Act.Well, in January, Mohamed Nasheed was released from prison to travel to Britain for back surgery, where he sought and received political asylum. On Wednesday, Nasheed brought together political rivals in London to announce the creation of an opposition-in-exile group armed at toppling—aimed at toppling Yameen’s government.Well, for more, we go to London, where we’re joined by Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives.Welcome back to Democracy Now! Can you talk about your freedom, after you spent, in this last period, more than a year in prison in the Maldives?MOHAMED NASHEED: Well, thank you very much, and it’s nice to be back again with you. I was imprisoned after a trial that has been widely condemned by every single institution, country and commentator on the trial. The charges were wrong. The trial was wrong. The sentence was wrong. The U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has specifically, in very much detail, outlined where it went wrong. We all knew this was a politically motivated trial. It’s not just me; all of the Maldives opposition are now behind bars. The conservative Adhaalath Party’s leader, Sheikh Imran, is behind—is in jail. Colonel Nazim, the defense minister for President Yameen, he is in jail. His former vice president, Adeeb, is in jail. Their own elected vice president is in exile. Everyone, all the opposition leaders in the Maldives are now either in jail or having to live in exile.We think—we feel that this is a very grave situation. And we want to see how we may be able to overcome this and get the country back on a more democratic track. We would like to see the international community more engaged and more focused on the gravity of the issues in the Maldives. We feel that these issues are very closely connected to the stability of the Indian Ocean. We have Islamic radicalism; we have people going to jihad from the Maldives. At the same time, we have strongly and rising powers, specifically China and Saudi Arabia, also seeking for a foothold in the Maldives. And I think that would be disturbing, not only to our immediate neighbors, but also to the many, many number of other countries at large.AMY GOODMAN: When you were ousted, President Nasheed, in 2012, what was the response of the U.S. government?MOHAMED NASHEED: Well, unfortunately, the U.S. government recognized the coup regime instantly. I have a view that they read the story wrong at that instance. They must have got the wrong end of the stick. And I am hopeful and I am happy to see that the U.S. government is now coming to understand the realities in the Maldives. The Congress and the Senate have passed a resolution indicating their sense of the gravity of the issue in the Maldives, and we are hopeful that the State Department will follow suit from what the Senate has said and the Congress has said. The Treasury and the Justice Department is very clearly aware of the money laundering issues and the implications and the connections that it has to President Yameen. We are seeking targeted sanctions on regime leaders. We think that it is absolutely necessary now, and we are hopeful that the Justice Department and the Treasury and the State Department would come to understand it and would come to lead targeted sanctions against regime leaders in the Maldives.AMY GOODMAN: Human rights advocates are increasingly concerned about the conditions in the Maldives. This is your lawyer, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, speaking last September to journalists in the Maldives during your imprisonment.<blockquote style="line-height: 27px; margin: 35.1875px 70.3906px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">AMAL CLOONEY: I’m here to represent President Nasheed, your former president, who fought so hard to bring human rights and democracy to this country, and is now a political prisoner here—one of many, unfortunately. I’m arriving in Malé, in your beautiful country, at, unfortunately, a time when the human rights situation and security situation is deteriorating by the day.</blockquote>AMY GOODMAN: Amal Clooney is married to the actor George Clooney, and in the United States she’s mainly known for that. But she is a well-know, world-renowned human rights lawyer, and she represents you, Mohamed Nasheed. Can you talk about getting political asylum in Britain, or political refugee status? If you could explain what that is?MOHAMED NASHEED: Well, basically, I believe that it is providing a safe haven, where I can exercise my freedom of expression and other basic rights. So, we have a view that we must have—we must get all the opposition groups in the Maldives together and to see how we may be able to get the country back on—back on a democratic path. For that, we have been able to come out with a united opposition, where most of its—most of its shadow leaders are behind bars, in jail. But we have a shadow Cabinet that would push for reforms, that would also, hopefully, look to see how we may be able to have a transitional arrangement that would take us to free and fair elections.Both Amal and Jared and Ben Emmerson, all the three international lawyers, and my legal team in the Maldives have fought very hard, and I’m extremely thankful to Amal and Jared and everyone else for having fought so beautifully and having had all these results come out, so that we may be able to be—are able to engage in peaceful political activity. I think it’s very important that the international community understands the gravity of the issues in the Maldives.AMY GOODMAN: Can you talk about how your ouster, the coup against you in the Maldives in 2012, affected the island’s position on climate change? It was well known the coup was perpetrated by friends and allies of the current president, Abdulla Yameen. And this certainly, and especially when you were imprisoned, silenced your voice for a period around the issue of climate change. What is Yameen’s position? And what are you saying now that you’re out?MOHAMED NASHEED: Well, I think—I very strongly feel that we must find a low-carbon development strategy. In my view, the science for such a strategy is there. It’s available now. It’s clean energy, better ways of waste disposal and recycling. There is a good, complete development strategy that developing countries can adhere to and can follow. It’s not fossil fuel-based. So I think—I think it’s very, very important for multinational organizations, especially the World Bank and the IMFand other big banks, to clearly understand these strategies, and when they push governments and when they push agencies on development strategies, to have these strategies, the low-carbon development strategies. And I think it’s very important that some country or people advocate for these strategies.Unfortunately, President Yameen has decided to drill for oil. Unfortunately, President Yameen has decided to drill for oil in the Maldives, and has also decided to increase carbon emission by 300 percent. Of course, what the Maldives does is not going to affect the planet. But for us to be leading the argument, the advocacy, we must have the moral high ground, and we must be able to say that there is another development strategy. We all need a good life. We all need refrigerators, washing
machines—AMY GOODMAN: We have five seconds.MOHAMED NASHEED: —and all the appliances. But we must find a good development strategy.AMY GOODMAN: Mohamed Nasheed, I want to thank you very much for being with us, ousted president of the Maldives, has just received political refugee status in Britain. We will continue this conversation.</div><div>=</div><div>https://www.yahoo.com/news/maldives-president-unhurt-blast-speedboat-official-041930232.html?ref=gs</div><div>
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</div><div> 2011–2012 Maldives political crisis<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-5" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[5]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[6]</a> began as a series of peaceful protests that broke out in the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Maldives</a> on 1 May 2011. They would continue, eventually escalating into the resignation of President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Nasheed" title="Mohamed Nasheed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Mohamed Nasheed</a> in disputed circumstances in February 2012. Demonstrators were protesting what they considered the government's mismanagement of the economy and were calling for the ouster of President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Nasheed" title="Mohamed Nasheed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Mohamed Nasheed</a>. The main political opposition party in the country, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhivehi_Rayyithunge_Party" title="Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party</a> (Maldivian People's Party) led by the former president of the country <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maumoon_Abdul_Gayoom" title="Maumoon Abdul Gayoom" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Maumoon Abdul Gayoom</a> (who was in power for over 30 years under an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Authoritarian" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">authoritarian</a>system) accused President Nasheed of "talking about democracy but not putting it into practice." The protests occurred during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring" title="Arab Spring" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Arab Spring</a>.The primary cause for the protests was rising commodity prices and a poor economic situation in the country.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[7]</a>The protests led to a resignation of President Mohamed Nasheed on 7 February 2012, and the Vice President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Waheed_Hassan_Manik" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik</a> was sworn as the new president of Maldives. Nasheed stated the following day that he was forced out of office at gunpoint, while Waheed supporters maintained that the transfer of power was voluntary and constitutional.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[8]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-reuters1-9" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[9]</a> An independent[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>] National Commission of Inquiry later ruled that there was no evidence[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>] for Nasheed's version of events, a finding supported by the US and the Commonwealth of Nations[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>].In April 2012, it was announced that new elections were to be held in July 2013.
<div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#Background" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">1Background</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#2012_protests_and_resignation" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">22012 protests and resignation</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#Use_of_force_by_Nasheed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.1Use of force by Nasheed</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#Use_of_force_by_the_opposition" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2.2Use of force by the opposition</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#Timeline" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3Timeline</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#2011" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.12011</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#May.28initial_protests.29" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.1.1May (initial protests)</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#December.28opposition_parties_alliance.29" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.1.2December (opposition parties alliance)</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#2012" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.22012</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#January.28arrest_of_Judge_Abdulla_Mohamed.29" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.2.1January (arrest of Judge Abdulla Mohamed)</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#February" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.2.2February</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#February_and_March.28counter_protests.29" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.2.3February and March (counter protests)</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#April.28parliamentary_by-election.29" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.2.4April (parliamentary by-election)</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#Nasheed_coup_allegations" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">4Nasheed coup allegations</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#International_reactions" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">5International reactions</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#References" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">6References</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Background[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; 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<div class="thumbcaption" style="border: none; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mohamed_Nasheed_by_UNDP.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration: none; display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; -webkit-user-select: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" a="A" csvg="Csvg" http="http" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" viewbox="viewBox" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" id="id" magnify-clip="magnify-clip" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" cpath="Cpath" bigbox="bigbox" m1.509="M1.509" h10.99v7.919h-10.99z="h10.99v7.919h-10.99z" smallbox="smallbox" m-1.499="M-1.499" h5.943v4.904h-5.943z="h5.943v4.904h-5.943z" fg="Fg" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data" /></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mohamed_Nasheed_by_UNDP.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration: none; display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; -webkit-user-select: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" a="A" csvg="Csvg" http="http" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" viewbox="viewBox" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" id="id" magnify-clip="magnify-clip" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" cpath="Cpath" bigbox="bigbox" m1.509="M1.509" h10.99v7.919h-10.99z="h10.99v7.919h-10.99z" smallbox="smallbox" m-1.499="M-1.499" h5.943v4.904h-5.943z="h5.943v4.904h-5.943z" fg="Fg" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data"></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Nasheed" title="Mohamed Nasheed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Mohamed Nasheed</a>, the first democratically-elected President of the Maldives, whom the protesters were demonstrating against.</div></div></div>Following nearly 30 years of rule by then-President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maumoon_Gayoom" class="mw-redirect" title="Maumoon Gayoom" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Maumoon Gayoom</a>, marked by allegations of autocratic rule, human rights abuses and corruption, violent protests in 2004 and 2005 led to a series of major reforms to the Maldives. The protests were organized by president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Nasheed" title="Mohamed Nasheed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Mohamed Nasheed</a> and his party. Internal and international pressure forced then-President Gayoom to legalize political parties and improve the democratic process. Multi-party, multi-candidate elections were held on 9 October 2008, with 5 candidates running against Gayoom. A 28 October runoff election between Gayoom and Nasheed resulted in a 54-percent majority for Nasheed and his vice-president candidate Mohammed Waheed. A former journalist and political prisoner, Nasheed was a staunch critic of the Gayoom regime. In a speech prior to handing over power to his successor on 11 November 2008, Gayoom said: "I deeply regret any actions on my part ... (that) led to unfair treatment, difficulty or injustice for any Maldivian." At the time, Nasheed was detained and imprisoned several times since the age of 20, for heavy criticisms against Gayoom's administration and its officials in relation with election fraud and high profile corruption. Nasheed was tortured and treated inhumanely in detention. Gayoom was the longest serving leader of any Asian country, serving for 30 years.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>]Mohamed Nasheed was elected president in 2008, becoming the first president to be elected by a multi-party democracy in the Maldives, and Dr. Waheed was the first elected Vice President in the Maldives. Their election victory ended the 30-year dictatorship of President Gayoom. Nasheed and the new government implemented many reforms in the country. In 2009, President Nasheed was awarded the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Lindh_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Anna Lindh Award" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Anna Lindh Award</a> for bringing democracy to the Maldives. He has received many awards and international recognition for his role in bringing democracy to the country.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>]Despite major political reforms, however, the Maldivian economy continued to suffer. Many factors have created for a poor economic situation in the Maldives, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Indian Ocean earthquake" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2004 Indian Ocean earthquake</a> and tsunami, which devastated the Maldivian economy and caused serious damage on most of the islands of the Maldives. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_world_food_price_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2007–2008 world food price crisis" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">2007–2008 world food price crisis</a> caused major rise in inflation, especially on food prices and the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late-2000s_recession" class="mw-redirect" title="Late-2000s recession" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">late-2000s recession</a> created a tough economic situation in developing nations. There were improvements in the economy, however, as the Maldives was rated up in 2011 from being considered "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_developed_country" title="Least developed country" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">least developed country</a>".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[10]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[11]</a> Furthermore, Nasheed faced issues during mid-2010, when Parliament members began <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Nasheed#June_2010_crisis" title="Mohamed Nasheed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">resigning en masse</a>.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>]The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring" title="Arab Spring" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Arab Spring</a> broke out across the Arab world and had worldwide influence, including in the Maldives, which shares historic, cultural, regional and religious connections to the Middle Eastern countries facing protests. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlobalPost" title="GlobalPost" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">GlobalPost</a> article says that many in the international community consider Mohammed Nasheed the "Godfather of the Arab Spring" for his role in bringing democracy to the Maldives and the peaceful protests which led to his election as president.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[12]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">2012 protests and resignation[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 2012 protests and resignation" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Nasheed resigned on 7 February 2012 following weeks of protests after he ordered the military to arrest Abdulla Mohamed, the Chief Justice of the Criminal Court, on 16 January. Maldives police joined the protesters after refusing to use force on them and took over the state-owned television station[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">which?</a>] forcibly switching the broadcast opposition party leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maumoon_Abdul_Gayoom" title="Maumoon Abdul Gayoom" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Maumoon Abdul Gayoom</a>'s call for people to come out to protest. The Maldives Army then clashed with police and other protesters who were with the police. All this time no one of the protester tried to invade any security facility including headquarters of MNDF. The Chief Justice was released from detention after Nasheed resigned from his post.Vice President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Waheed_Hassan_Manik" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik</a> was sworn as the new president of Maldives. Former President Nasheed's supporters clashed with the security personnel during a rally on 12 July 2012, seeking ouster of President Waheed.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[13]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Use of force by Nasheed<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Use of force by Nasheed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>Nasheed notoriously ordered very little use of force against the protests throughout most of the demonstrations. However, it was during his three years as president that the most frequent use of tear gas on public occurred. It was claimed that he ordered the police and security forces to use force against the protests in late January too as the protests were reaching escalating. It is claimed that police mutinied as a result of this.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>]<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Use of force by the opposition<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Use of force by the opposition" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>Following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="Coup d'état" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">coup</a>, the new government reacted very harshly to the counter-protests. Amnesty International has been very critical of the coup-implanted government's use of force.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-amnesty.org-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[1]</a> There have been many injured, many arrested, and at least one death committed by the post-coup government's security reactions to the counter-protests.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-amnesty.org-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[1]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Timeline[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Timeline" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">2011<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2011" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">May (initial protests)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: May (initial protests)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h4>The first protests occurred on 1 May 2011, with thousands gathering in the capital <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Malé</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[14]</a> Protests continued the following day with thousands gathering in the capital and reported clashes with police and protesters.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[15]</a> On 3 May, over 2,000 demonstrators clashed with Maldivian security forces in Male. Riot police reportedly used tear gas to disperse the protesters.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[16]</a> Protests again broke out again on 4 May. Police used force to break up demonstrators and eyewitnesses say that police arrested a senior opposition activist.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[17]</a> On May fifth, protesters began their protests at Artificial Beach. In the fifth night of demonstrations Parliamentarian and DRP youth Council President Mr.Ahmed Mahloof, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives_national_football_team" title="Maldives national football team" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Maldives national football team</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">forward</a> Assad Ali and several others was arrested.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[18]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[19]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[20]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">December (opposition parties alliance)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: December (opposition parties alliance)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h4>An opposition alliance (Madhanee Ithihaad) was formed on December 2011, including all the parties that supported the President in his 2008 presidential race. Those parties included the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaumee_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gaumee Party (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Gaumee Party</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumhoory_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Jumhoory Party" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Jumhoory Party</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhaalath_Party" title="Adhaalath Party" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Adhaalath Party</a> (Islamist party). On 23 December, the capital city saw major opposition protests against Nasheed and his government.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[21]</a> Former cabinet minister Mohamed Jameel Ahmed was repeatedly summoned to the police station in connection with the protests, at one point being detained at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhoonidhoo" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhoonidhoo" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Dhoonidhoo</a>, a Maldivian prison island.On 23 December 2011, the opposition held a mass symposium with as many as 20,000 people in the name of protecting Islam, which they believed Nasheed's government was unable to maintain in the country. The mass event became the foundation of a campaign that brought about social unrest within the capital city of Male.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>]<h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">2012<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2012" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">January (arrest of Judge Abdulla Mohamed)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: January (arrest of Judge Abdulla Mohamed)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h4>On 16 January 2012,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[22]</a> the Maldives military, on orders from President Nasheed, arrested Judge <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulla_Mohamed" title="Abdulla Mohamed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Abdulla Mohamed</a>, the chief justice of the Maldives Criminal Court, on charges he was blocking the prosecution of corruption and human rights cases against allies of former President Gayoom. The opposition claims that the arrest was unconstitutional.The arrest of Judge Mohamed was the ignition for further protests. Due to the arrest of the judge the opposition parties' protests gained momentum and demanded Judge Abdulla Mohamed's immediate release. During the detention of the judge, the HRCM was able to visit him in his place of detention, a military training base, and confirm his safety.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[23]</a> Opposition leaders also called for an independent investigation into the constitutionality of the arrest, a call echoed by the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[24]</a> the Judicial Services Commission,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[25]</a> the Prosecutor General’s Office,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-Miadhu171-26" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[26]</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Commission_of_Jurists" title="International Commission of Jurists" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">International Commission of Jurists</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[27]</a> Amnesty International,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-Guard14-28" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[28]</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Human_Rights_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Human Rights Commissioner" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">United Nations Human Rights Commissioner</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[29]</a> Military and police rejected the orders by High Court to release the Abdulla Mohamed.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-Miadhu171-26" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[26]</a>The opposition's protest in the Republic Square lasted for 22 days. On 6 February 2012, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives_Police_Service" title="Maldives Police Service" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Maldives Police Service</a> declined to use force to control or disperse the protests and joined the protest.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[30]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">February<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: February" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h4>There was an escalation in the protests and some protesters attacked the opposition-linked VTV television station. The police began a mutiny in late January. On 7 February, the protests reached their climax, with the military firing tear gas at demonstrators and police who were swarming the National Defence Force headquarters. In early hours of 7 February 2012, President Mohamed Nasheed was seen inside the military headquarters.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[31]</a> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives_National_Defense_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Maldives National Defense Force" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Maldives National Defense Force</a> subsequently had a standoff with police who had joined the protesters, in which the MDF fired <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_bullet" title="Rubber bullet" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">rubber bullets</a> into the crowd. (The President's office, however, denied these reports.)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-32" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[32]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-BBC72-33" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[33]</a>On 7 February, Nasheed ordered the police and army to subdue the anti-government protesters and use force against the public.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>] Police came out to protest against unlawful orders given to them.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">citation needed</a>] Amid the chaos the President resigned in front of the media after submitting a hand written resignation letter to the Majlis, as stipulated in the constitution. Following the forced resignation on 7 February 2012, Nasheed immediately informed the international community of the events surrounding his ousting and asked for early elections to preserve the country's fledgling democratic system.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-34" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[34]</a>President Nasheed was claimed to have resigned stating that he wanted to stop the violence.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-reuters1-9" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[9]</a> Nasheed and his supporters called it a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27etat" class="mw-redirect" title="Coup d'etat" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">coup d'etat</a> (Nasheed claims he was forced out virtually at gunpoint, though this remains disputed).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-world.time.com-35" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[35]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-aljazeera.com-36" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[36]</a> Nasheed's vice president, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Waheed_Hassan" title="Mohammed Waheed Hassan" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Mohammed Waheed Hassan</a>, was sworn in as president to replace Nasheed at the Peoples majlis in front of the Chief Justice.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-37" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[37]</a>On 23 February 2012, the Commonwealth suspended the Maldives from its democracy and human rights watchdog while the ousting was being investigated, and backed Nasheed's call for elections before the end of 2012.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-38" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[38]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">February and March (counter protests)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: February and March (counter protests)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h4>Counter protests broke out following the coup, in favor of ousted Nasheed. The protesters demonstrated against the coup and in favor of Nasheed. Supporters of Nasheed's political party, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldivian_Democratic_Party" title="Maldivian Democratic Party" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Maldivian Democratic Party</a> (MDP), led massive demonstrations.On 8 February, the MDP convened an emergency executive meeting and called for its members to go into streets. President Mohamed Nasheed then attempted to lead the protesters to the Republic Square. Before his march reached the square, however, the Maldives Police Service dispersed the protest with batons and pepper spray.On 1 March, thousands of protestors who supported Mohamed Nasheed rallied to prevent Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik from entering Parliament.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-in.reuters.com-39" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[39]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-40" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[40]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-41" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[41]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty_International" title="Amnesty International" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Amnesty International</a> has raised concerns of human rights abuses during this round of protests. Amnesty claims that there was excessive use of force by security forces against the protesters backing Nasheed,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-amnesty.org-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-42" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[42]</a> including sexual harassment of female prisoners.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-43" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[43]</a> An Amnesty International spokesperson condemned the police tactics as "brutal" and "outright human rights violations".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-44" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[44]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 22.4px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">April (parliamentary by-election)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: April (parliamentary by-election)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h4>On 14 April, parliamentary by-election were held, the first since the protests began, with Mohammed Waheed's party winning.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-45" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[45]</a>Mohamed Musthafa, an MDP candidate and former Member of Parliament, said that he refused to accept the result of the by-election, claiming that there were "major issues in Guraidhoo" and other issues (Guraidhoo is an island which reportedly registered abnormally high voter turn-out in the by-elections).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-46" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[46]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nasheed coup allegations[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Nasheed coup allegations" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Nasheed and his supporters maintained that he was ousted in a coup, but this claim was disputed by Hassan's supporters, the National Commission of Inquiry, and the governments of the US, UK, India, and the Commonwealth of Nations.Nasheed, in an interview with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">The Hindu</a> after he was ousted, claimed that there was a plotted coup. He said: "I was given a seven-page letter by the General then in charge of military intelligence warning of a plot, to overthrow my government, by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. However, the officer concerned was promptly replaced [by the Army]."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-Swami-47" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[47]</a> As for why he resigned, Nasheed said: “I knew this was going to end either with many deaths or with my being lynched. So I agreed to resign.”<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-Swami-47" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[47]</a> He said it was "shocking" how hastily the governments of India and the US "stepped in to recognise the new regime – the coup."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-48" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[48]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-49" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[49]</a>Nasheed and his foreign minister, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ahmed_Naseem&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahmed Naseem (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Ahmed Naseem</a>, claimed in interviews that Islamic extremists were upset with his rule and were behind the coup.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-world.time.com-35" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[35]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-aljazeera.com-36" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[36]</a> The conservative-minded US think-tank <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation" title="The Heritage Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">the Heritage Foundation</a> raised concerns that the coup was to put Waheed into power in an effort to "strengthening of the military’s role in politics" and to create a fundamentalist Islamist government.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-50" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[50]</a> Nasheed also claimed that wealthy resort owners were behind the coup. Nasheed had worked to amend the tax code so that wealthy resort owners paid more taxes. Nasheed said: "The coup was largely financed by resort owners" and that "I suppose they [the resort owners] liked the old order of corruption."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-51" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[51]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-52" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[52]</a> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Socialist_Web_Site" title="World Socialist Web Site" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">World Socialist Web Site</a>, the online news center of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Committee_of_the_Fourth_International" title="International Committee of the Fourth International" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">International Committee of the Fourth International</a> claimed that the coup was backed by the United States<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-53" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[53]</a> and that United States and Indian envoys intervened in the crisis to back the coup.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-54" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[54]</a>The coup interpretation was also backed by UK MP <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Amess" title="David Amess" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">David Amess</a>, Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group to the Maldives, but contradicted by UK Prime Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">David Cameron</a>, who asserted that Nasheed "had resigned".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-55" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[55]</a> Nasheed's successor and opposition forces also stated that the transfer of power was voluntary.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-BBC92-56" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[56]</a> A later <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Commonwealth" class="mw-redirect" title="British Commonwealth" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">British Commonwealth</a> meeting concluded that it could not "determine conclusively the constitutionality of the resignation of President Nasheed", but called for an international investigation.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-commonwealth-57" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[57]</a> The Maldives' National Commission of Inquiry, appointed to investigate the matter, found that there was no evidence to support Nasheed's version of events. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_State_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="US State Department" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">US State Department</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Commonwealth of Nations</a> Secretary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamalesh_Sharma" title="Kamalesh Sharma" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Kamalesh Sharma</a> welcomed the release of the report, and called on Maldivians to abide by its findings.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-58" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[58]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">International reactions[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: International reactions" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" f="F" e="E" a="A" csvg="Csvg" http="http" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="cx" cy="cy" r="r" fill="fill" color="color" rgb="rgb" line-height="line-height" px="px" background-color="background-color" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The governments of the US and India quickly recognised the new government.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-59" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[59]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-60" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[60]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN" class="mw-redirect" title="UN" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">UN</a> Chief <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban_Ki-Moon" class="mw-redirect" title="Ban Ki-Moon" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Ban Ki-Moon</a> raised concerns and called for quick and fair elections.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-61" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[61]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Commonwealth of Nations</a> urged early elections (by the end of 2012) and immediate dialogue between the parties.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-5" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">[5]</a></li></ul><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">References[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><div class="reflist columns references-column-width" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.3em; column-width: 33em; list-style-type: decimal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><ol class="references" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: inherit;"><li id="cite_note-amnesty.org-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;">^ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-amnesty.org_1-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; 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Retrieved 02 August 2013</li><li id="cite_note-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation news" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/11/us-maldives-idUSTRE81A0HQ20120211" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Pressure builds for probe into Maldives' crisis"</a>. Reuters. 11 February 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011%9312+Maldives+political+crisis&rft.atitle=Pressure+builds+for+probe+into+Maldives%27+crisis&rft.date=2012-02-11&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2012%2F02%2F11%2Fus-maldives-idUSTRE81A0HQ20120211&rft.jtitle=Reuters&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; 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Miadhu.com. 17 January 2012. 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Retrieved 1 April 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011%9312+Maldives+political+crisis&rft.atitle=%27Dictatorship+is+coming+back+to+the+Maldives+and+democracy+is+slipping+away%27&rft.au=Decca+Aitkenhead&rft.date=2012-04-01&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fworld%2F2012%2Fapr%2F01%2Fdictatorship-maldives-democracy%3Fnewsfeed%3Dtrue&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-29" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-29" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation web" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.haveeru.com.mv/news/39983" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Government must release Judge Abdulla or charge him: UN"</a>. haveeru.com. 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Retrieved 02 August 2013</li><li id="cite_note-37" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-37" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation news" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">Al Jazeera (9 February 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/02/20122765334806442.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Maldives president quits after protests"</a>. Retrieved 6 February 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011%9312+Maldives+political+crisis&rft.atitle=Maldives+president+quits+after+protests&rft.au=Al+Jazeera&rft.date=2012-02-09&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fnews%2Fasia%2F2012%2F02%2F20122765334806442.html&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-38" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-38" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/02/22/maldives-commonwealth-idINDEE81L0JO20120222" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Commonwealth suspends Maldives from rights group, seeks elections"</a>Reuters:India, 23 February 2012</li><li id="cite_note-in.reuters.com-39" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-in.reuters.com_39-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation news" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/03/01/maldives-idINDEE8200F420120301" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Protests block Maldives' president from parliament"</a>. Reuters. 1 March 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011%9312+Maldives+political+crisis&rft.atitle=Protests+block+Maldives%27+president+from+parliament&rft.date=2012-03-01&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fin.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2012%2F03%2F01%2Fmaldives-idINDEE8200F420120301&rft.jtitle=Reuters&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-40" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-40" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation news" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">C. Bryson Hull, Reuters (9 February 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/arrest-warrant-issued-ousted-maldives-president-084115177.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Maldives ex-president defiantly awaits arrest"</a>. Retrieved 10 February 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011%9312+Maldives+political+crisis&rft.atitle=Maldives+ex-president+defiantly+awaits+arrest&rft.au=C.+Bryson+Hull%2C+Reuters&rft.date=2012-02-09&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.news.yahoo.com%2Farrest-warrant-issued-ousted-maldives-president-084115177.html&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-41" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-41" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation news" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">Amal Jayasinghe, AFP (9 February 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/maldives-leader-struggles-curb-anarchy-084201262.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Arrest warrant for Maldives ex-president"</a>. Retrieved 10 February 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011%9312+Maldives+political+crisis&rft.atitle=Arrest+warrant+for+Maldives+ex-president&rft.au=Amal+Jayasinghe%2C+AFP&rft.date=2012-02-09&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.news.yahoo.com%2Fmaldives-leader-struggles-curb-anarchy-084201262.html&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-42" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-42" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/maldives-security-forces-use-violence-against-peaceful-protesters-2012-03-0" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">Maldives security forces use violence against peaceful protesters</a>. Amnesty International (07 March 2012). Retrieved 02 August 2013</li><li id="cite_note-43" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-43" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/maldives-must-investigate-sexual-harassment-detained-women-protesters-2012-03-28" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Maldives must investigate sexual harassment of detained women protesters"</a>.Amnesty International (28 March 2012). Retrieved 02 August 2013</li><li id="cite_note-44" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-44" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation web" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/maldives-security-forces-use-violence-against-peaceful-protesters-2012-03-08" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Maldives security forces use violence against peaceful protesters"</a>. Amnesty International. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011%9312+Maldives+political+crisis&rft.atitle=Maldives+security+forces+use+violence+against+peaceful+protesters&rft.date=2012-03-08&rft.genre=unknown&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amnesty.org%2Fen%2Fnews%2Fmaldives-security-forces-use-violence-against-peaceful-protesters-2012-03-08&rft.jtitle=Amnesty+International&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-45" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-45" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation web" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/Maldives/Maldives-bypolls-First-political-win-for-president/Article1-840729.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Maldives bypolls: First political win for president"</a>. Hindustan Times. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011%9312+Maldives+political+crisis&rft.btitle=Maldives+bypolls%3A+First+political+win+for+president&rft.date=2012-04-14&rft.genre=unknown&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindustantimes.com%2Fworld-news%2FMaldives%2FMaldives-bypolls-First-political-win-for-president%2FArticle1-840729.aspx&rft.pub=Hindustan+Times&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-46" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-46" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.haveeru.com.mv/news/41430" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Musthafa refuses to accept election result"</a>. HaveeruOnline. Retrieved 02 August 2013</li><li id="cite_note-Swami-47" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;">^ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-Swami_47-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:a</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-Swami_47-1" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">b</a> <cite class="citation news" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">Swami, Praveen (19 April 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article3331934.ece" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Former dictator plotted coup, says Nasheed"</a>. The Hindu (Chennai, India).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011%9312+Maldives+political+crisis&rft.atitle=Former+dictator+plotted+coup%2C+says+Nasheed&rft.aufirst=Praveen&rft.aulast=Swami&rft.date=2012-04-19&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Farticle3331934.ece&rft.jtitle=The+Hindu&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-48" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; 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Retrieved 02 August 2013</li><li id="cite_note-51" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-51" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation news" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">Leadbeater, Chris (14 February 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2101022/Maldives-unrest-Tourists-luxury-resorts-carry-despite-coup-detat.html" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Maldives turmoil: Tourists in luxury resorts carry on despite political trouble in paradise"</a>. Daily Mail (London).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011%9312+Maldives+political+crisis&rft.atitle=Maldives+turmoil%3A+Tourists+in+luxury+resorts+carry+on+despite+political+trouble+in+paradise&rft.aufirst=Chris&rft.aulast=Leadbeater&rft.date=2012-02-14&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Ftravel%2Farticle-2101022%2FMaldives-unrest-Tourists-luxury-resorts-carry-despite-coup-detat.html&rft.jtitle=Daily+Mail&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-52" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; 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Radhakrishnan (9 February 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2875175.ece" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"British stakes in Maldives"</a>. The Hindu(Chennai, India). Retrieved 1 April 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011%9312+Maldives+political+crisis&rft.atitle=British+stakes+in+Maldives&rft.au=R.K.+Radhakrishnan&rft.date=2012-02-09&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Farticle2875175.ece&rft.jtitle=The+Hindu&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-BBC92-56" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-BBC92_56-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation news" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16959808" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Maldives issues arrest warrant for Mohamed Nasheed"</a>. BBC News. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011%9312+Maldives+political+crisis&rft.atitle=Maldives+issues+arrest+warrant+for+Mohamed+Nasheed&rft.date=2012-02-09&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-asia-16959808&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-commonwealth-57" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-commonwealth_57-0" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation news" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17135582" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Maldives crisis: Commonwealth urges early elections"</a>. 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Retrieved 2 April 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011%9312+Maldives+political+crisis&rft.atitle=Maldives+crisis%3A+Commonwealth+urges+early+elections&rft.date=2012-02-22&rft.genre=article&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-asia-17135582&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-58" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-58" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation web" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">Ashish Kumar Sen (30 August 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.webcitation.org/6AKVbEeny" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Maldives panel: President was not forced to resign"</a>. The Washington Times. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/30/maldives-panel-president-was-not-forced-resign/" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">the original</a> on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2011%9312+Maldives+political+crisis&rft.atitle=Maldives+panel%3A+President+was+not+forced+to+resign&rft.au=Ashish+Kumar+Sen&rft.date=2012-08-30&rft.genre=unknown&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtontimes.com%2Fnews%2F2012%2Faug%2F30%2Fmaldives-panel-president-was-not-forced-resign%2F&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Times&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-59" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Maldives_political_crisis#cite_ref-59" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="-webkit-user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/09-8" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" standalone="standalone" no="no" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cpath="Cpath" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" m1.5="M1.5" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" m5.765="M5.765" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" m9.995="M9.995" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"US Recognizes Maldives Government That Ousted Democratically Elected Nasheed"</a>. Common Dreams. 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