Maldives crisis: MPs from joint opposition thrown out of Parliament building
New Indian Express 2018-02-15 05:59:00
SHARE ON FACEBOOK
Maldives: The military personnel in Male threw all Members of Parliament (MPs) out of the Parliament building premises earlier today. pic.twitter.com/Z4NP7rtyoK
— ANI (@ANI) February 14, 2018
Earlier, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, termed the Maldives' state of emergency as an "all-out assault on democracy".
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also appealed to the Maldivian government to lift the emergency soon.
The Maldivian capital remained tense as opposition leaders across were being rounded up and placed under detention as Yameen, who has been refusing to obey SC's orders directing him to release nine prominent leaders from prison, gave sweeping powers to the security forces.
Last week, the Maldivian Supreme Court acquitted former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, former Maldivian Vice President Ahmed Adeeb and ordered the reinstatement of the 12 other parliamentary members.
Parliament under military siege in #Maldives parliament today members were thrown out of the parliament building compound.
MP Abdulla Ahmed @AblhoMP#MaldivesInCrisis#StateOfEmergency