The Maldives voted on Sunday in an election in which hardline President Abdulla Yameen is expected to cement his grip on power but which opposition and international groups have criticised for a lack of transparency and suppression of dissent.

Maldives votes, incumbent Yameen expected to cement grip on power

A senior Maldives diplomat said the 45-day state of emergency would be lifted Thursday

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The Xin Huan 18 is listed as a tanker, it is very much registered in the Maldives, it flies the Maldivian flag

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Parliament approved on Tuesday the extension sought by President Abdulla Yameen, but it was passed without the constitutionally required quorum of 43 lawmakers.

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Meanwhile, Maldives police recently noted to have launched an investigation into the attempt to 'overthrow the government' of Maldives

Maldives Army throws MPs out of Parliament

former president of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed who is in exile said Supreme Court judge Ali Hameed was being "mistreated" by authorities in prison

Raajje TV suspends operations in Maldives due to 'attacks on free media'

UNHRC chief said Maldives creates a 'dangerous concentration of power in the hands of the president'.

Maldives situation an all-out assault on democracy: UNHRC

President Yameen, fully backed by his security forces and supported by the radical elements, make it impossible for the Indian troops to land at Velna airport with impunity as it was the case in 1998.

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The announcement came a day after President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency and arrested two Supreme Court judges

Maldives Supreme Court revokes order to free prisoners

Yameen has faced calls at home, and from the United States and India, among other nations, to heed the court decision on Nasheed

Maldives top court seeks to impeach president, attorney general says

Maldivian authorities Saturday announced an indefinite postponement of parliament as President Abdulla Yameen`s regime resisted international pressure to comply with a landmark Supreme Court order to free political prisoners

Maldives shuts parliament, resists order to free dissidents

President Abdulla Yameen said his administration would not target politicians and arrest them out of the boundaries of the law

Maldives govt ready to welcome self-exiled politicians

Ameen?Fisal denied the charge saying?had done nothing illegal during his tenure as a defence minister

Maldives: Former defence minister charged with terrorism over arrest of President Yameen in 2010

The divided vote could bolster the opposition as the ruling government grapples with a formal split

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Mohamed Nasheed is in talks with the former president to overthrow his half-brother, President Abdulla Yameen

Maldives opposition leader in talks to 'topple' president

Criticised by US, UN, the law criminalises defamatory actions deemed to be against 'any tenet of Islam'

Maldives passes law on defamation, curbs freedom of expression

Trial was held behind closed doors. Verdict means almost all of President Yameen's key rivals are in jail or in exile

Ex Maldivian VP Ahmed Adeeb jailed for 15 years for plotting to kill president