Human Rights Watch: Maldives - Extremist Groups Threaten Rights Activists
June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020
NEW YORK, June 26 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
Groups that endorse violent ultra-nationalist or Islamist ideology have tried to shut down a leading women's rights organization in the Maldives since mid-June 2020, and have threatened other activist groups, Human Rights Watch said. But the Maldives government has failed to act against these groups.
The government of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih should investigate and appropriately prosecute . . .
Groups that endorse violent ultra-nationalist or Islamist ideology have tried to shut down a leading women's rights organization in the Maldives since mid-June 2020, and have threatened other activist groups, Human Rights Watch said. But the Maldives government has failed to act against these groups.
The government of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih should investigate and appropriately prosecute . . .