The Maldives in Meltdown | Foreign Policy

In the last 10 months, however, the country has fallen into a tailspin. Plummeting support for the government prompted crackdowns against opposition leaders, attacks on public dissent, and purges within autocratic President Abdulla Yameen's ruling party. In April, Amnesty International warned that human rights were "in free fall." And it's past time for the international community to do something about it.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/10/20/the-maldives-is-in-meltdown-mohamed-nasheed-crackdown-arrest/