(New York) – Maldives authorities should drop cases against four men and cease investigations to identify others who may have engaged in consensual same-sex relations in steps that appear aimed to appease extremist groups, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should take immediate measures to repeal the provisions of Maldives’ 2014 penal code that makes “unlawful sexual intercourse” and “unlawful sexual contact” criminal offenses, contrary to international human rights standards. ![]() On August 31, 2022, the Criminal Court sentenced one of the four men recently arrested for allegedly engaging in consensual same-sex relations, Bangladeshi national MD Alamgir, to seven months in prison following a guilty plea from Alamgir earlier that week. ![]() ![]() Maldives' commissioner of police Mohamed Hameed addresses a press conference on the blast that targeted former president and current parliament speaker Mohamed Nasheed in Male, May 9, 2021.
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