The Commonwealth

Radical Islamism Will Continue to Grow in the Maldives if Left Unchecked

Benedict Rogers | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK Politics
Benedict Rogers

When a democratically elected president is forced to resign by rebels within the police and military, threatened with bloodshed if he refuses, frog-marched by police and military to a press conference to announce his decision, detained for several hours, beaten up as he addresses a peaceful gathering of supporters, and then a warrant for his arrest is issued, I call that a coup d'état.