Maldives will not implement capital punishment: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared that the Maldives will not enforce capital punishment since abandoning the practice 65 years ago.

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Former Foreign Minister Ahmed Naseem being appointed as a minister at the President's Office. PHOTO: AHMED HAMDHOON/MIHAARU

2018-11-27 19:54:46

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared that the Maldives will not enforce capital punishment since abandoning the practice 65 years ago.

According to the Ministry, the Maldives voted against the death penalty at the General Assembly of the United Nations at Geneva, Switzerland during the U.N ‘moratorium on the death penalty’ resolution held by the Human Rights Commission.

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