Tannock: Commonwealth should suspend Maldives until Nasheed is released

Member of the foreign affairs committee of the European Parliament, Charles Tannock, has called on the Commonwealth to suspend Maldives until former President Mohamed Nasheed “has been released and pardoned”.

This came in an article by Tannock on the Project Syndicate.

Tannock said that Nasheed’s case seems to have “fallen off the world’s radar” despite high-profile lawyers including Amal Clooney acting as his advocate.

“Putting the Maldives back on the path toward democracy requires that the world begin to pay attention. The Commonwealth of Nations should suspend the Maldives until Nasheed has been released and pardoned. Countries can place economic pressure on Yameen’s government by issuing travel warnings to tourists thinking of visiting the Maldives, while holding out the threat of targeted sanctions as well,” Tannock said.