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A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.

Hussain Humam Ahmed

Maldives death penalty delays will be resolved by October 8

Maldives death penalty delays will be resolved by October 8

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Delays in carrying out the death penalty due will be resolved by October 8, the home minister has said, despite international condemnation of the country resuming executions. The Maldives in 2014 ended a six-decade moratorium on capital punishment, with President Abdulla Yameen previously declaring the island nation would be ready for executions last month. “By […]