Male, Feb. 6 (TNS): Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen has declared a 15-day state of emergency, his aide Azima Shukoor announced on state television on Monday.
The move gives sweeping powers to security forces to arrest and detain suspects and comes amid a deepening political crisis in the Indian Ocean nation as Yameen refuses to comply with a Supreme Court order to release political prisoners.
The declaration of emergency comes just 24 hours after Yameen refused to follow the court’s ruling to release key political prisoners and reinstate 12 MPs.
