The Maldives detained and deported a group of international lawyers who travelled to the troubled honeymoon islands to study the impact of emergency rule, their organisation said Wednesday. Earlier this month, Yameen sacked the chief justice and another senior judge before imposing emergency rule, sparking international condemnation. The four lawyers were detained on Sunday when they arrived at Male international airport, where they were held and subsequently deported, Law Asia said. The government had invited international organisations to send representatives to “assess the situation in the Maldives and witness the safety and security of Male” under emergency rule. He was arrested on a charge of trying to topple the government hours after the emergency was declared.

Source: Hindustan Times February 28, 2018 08:26 UTC