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Will return to Maldives on 1 November 'come what may', says exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed
•Nasheed was sentenced to 13 years prison in 2015 but went into exile a year later, after being granted prison leave for medical treatment in the UK. He is still a fugitive from justice in the Maldives and risks arrest if he returns while Yameen is still in office but his five years of iron-fisted rule ends on 17 November.
Maldives gets new president: Ibrahim Mohamed Solih gives India a good opportunity to mend bilateral relations
Tara Kartha •India should take care that bureaucratic norms don’t delay getting a firm foot into the archipelago. The Maldives is not known for sustained democratic exercises.
India expresses concern over political developments in Maldives; calls for independent functioning of Parliament, judiciary
•Expressing concern over political developments in the Maldives, India on Thursday called for early resumption of the political process in the island nation.
Seychelles president Danny Faure in India: Fate of Assumption Island deal, strategic ties at stake
Vinaykaura •Determined to safeguard India's strategic interests in IOR, Modi govt is proactively reaching out to Seychelles president Danny Faure, who is visiting India
US condemns arrest of the Maldivian SC judge, former president Abdul Gayoom; urges release of political prisoners
•The US, dismayed at the arrest of former Maldivian president and Supreme Court justices, urged the Maldivian government to release political prisoners
India expresses disapproval over Maldivian court jailing former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, SC chief justice
•India expressed its "deep dismay" over a Maldivian court sentencing the nation's former president and the chief justice of its Supreme Court prison without a "fair trial"
Former Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, sitting chief justice Abdulla Saeed sentenced to 19 months in prison
•A court in the Maldives on Wednesday convicted former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and the sitting Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed for obstruction of justice and sentenced them to 19 months in prison.
Maldives to hold presidential polls on 23 September; exiled ex-president Mohamed Nasheed to campaign via social media
•Maldives has set the date for its next presidential election with incumbent Abdulla Yameen in a commanding position — and his two main rivals either in jail or exiled abroad.
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen lifts 45-day-long State of Emergency
•The president of the Maldives has lifted a 45-day state of emergency he declared last month during political turmoil in the archipelago nation.
Maldives former president Maumoon Gayoom charged with terrorism for attempting to topple Abdulla Yameen government
•Maldivian authorities have charged former strongman Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and several senior judges with "terrorism" for attempting to topple President Abdulla Yameen, the government said on Wednesday