Maldives: Rights Reforms Falter

Expand Maldives' former President Mohamed Nasheed and current President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih take part in an election rally ahead of parliamentary polls, Malé, February 1, 2019. © 2019 Ahmed Shurau/AFP via Getty Images (New York) - The Maldives government began to address longstanding human rights concerns in 2019, but yielded to pressure from extremist religious groups to crack down on free expression, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2020. President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih di...