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Maldives Bans Israeli Passport Holders In Solidarity With Palestine

June 3, 2024 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , ,
The Maldives announced on 2 June that it will ban Israeli passport holders from entering the archipelagic state in protest over Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu “resolved to impose a ban on Israeli passports,” said a spokesman for his office, without giving details on when the decision would take effect. The president’s office said the country has decided to alter laws in order to prevent Israelis from entering the country and that a subcommittee will be established to oversee the process. It added that Muizzu will appoint a special envoy to assess the needs of the Palestinians and to launch a fundraiser under the title “Maldivians in Solidarity with Palestine.”

A Climate Hero Languishes In Prison. Let’s Fight To Get Him Out.

April 17, 2015 Bill McKibben, www.commondreams.org , ,
The underwater pictures from the Maldives this weekend brought back a staggering rush of memories. In 2009, when 350.org was still a fledgling organization and not the world’s largest grassroots climate campaign, we’d called for our first global day of action. All around the world people rallied in iconic locations, from the summit of Antarctica’s highest mountain to the middle of Times Square. There were 5,200 demonstrations in all, in what CNN called ‘the most widespread day of political activity in the planet’s history.’ But maybe the most memorable was from the Maldives. Or rather, from below the Maldives. Where newly elected president Mohamed Nasheed, who had taught his cabinet to scuba dive, convened their regular meeting underwater, on the edge of their threatened coral reef.

Saving The Maldives’ Drowning Democracy

April 6, 2015 Matt Mulberry, www.thedailybeast.com , ,
Earlier this month, on Friday the 13th, a former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, was sentenced to 13 years in prison after a charade of a trial that produced a guilty verdict on “terrorism” charges. The verdict was highly implausible. Nasheed had won an international award in 2012 for his leadership in nonviolent resistance. It prompted Nasheed’s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) to announce a campaign of mass civil resistance to overturn the judgment and also reform the corrupt judiciary. International watchdogs and governments otherwise friendly to the Maldives chimed in with severe doubts about the trial and the verdict.

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