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"en.20151217.5.4-092-000"2
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"Mr President, the current human rights situation in the Maldives is not a picture postcard. The crackdown on political opponents, the state of emergency invoked by executive powers, the reintroduction of the death penalty, and the disappearance of journalists like Ahmed Rilwan demonstrate that democracy is spiralling out of control.
But it is not just the human rights of journalists and political opponents that are at risk. According to diplomats, the Maldives are sending more fighters per capita to Iraq and Syria than any other country in the world. More than 200 jihadists – from a nation of just 350 000 – are believed to be fighting there. This Parliament should be concerned that President Yameen’s call for increased reliance on Sharia Law, and the threat of punishments such as flogging, risk legitimising rather than combating such radicalisation.
In our last resolution in April 2015, we called on the European External Action Service and Member States to issue warnings about the Maldives’ human rights record on their travel advice sites, and to consider targeted sanctions should human rights further deteriorate. In the meantime, an execution chamber has been prepared for former President Nasheed. Now is the time to make good on our own words and to intensify European action for human rights in the Maldives."@en1
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