Alamgir found guilty of homosexuality

Criminal Court has found MD Alamgir, a young Bangladeshi national who has admitted to engaging in sexual acts with multiple men, including several high-profile Maldivians, guilty of homosexuality.Alamgir, 26, plead guilty to the charge during a closed hearing on Monday evening.  MD Alamgir, 26The hearing was initially held online, before all parties were asked to attend the court in-person.At the court, Alamgir said he wished to maintain his guilty plea.Both sides then moved to discussions regarding the penalty.Alamgir asked the court for the minimum sentence possible.Though the sentence was discussed during the hearing, it was not...

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Amendment to make homosexuality major criminal offence

An amendment was put forth during the Parliament session held on Tuesday to bring changes to the Penal Code of Maldives in order to make homosexuality a serious criminal offence in Maldives.The amendment was submitted by MP for Maamigili constituency, leader of Jumhooree Party Qasim Ibrahim.Qasim said that homosexuality needed to be included among the serious criminal offences dictated under the Penal Code of Maldives.He further noted that seeing this as an ordinary crime allows offenders to easily walk back into society during investigative stages and further spread such actions.Currently, under the Penal Code, there are 12 crimes listed as...

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Maldives Police to arrest 38 men after gay sex videos leak on social media

A month after after gay sex videos and screen grabs of men having sex with other men leaked on social media, the Maldives police have arrested four persons and said it intends to charge 34 other men. Those arrested include a police officer and the brother of former President and current speaker of Parliament Mohamed Nasheed.Commissioner of Police Mohamed HameedIf convicted the men face up to eight years in prison and 100 lashes.Rights organisations have slammed the police for the crackdown on the LGBTQI community in an effort to appease extremist groups in the country.Gay Sex Videos LeakedThe gay sex videos and screen grabs were leaked on social...

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Maldives police arrest four men and target dozens more over leaked gay sex videos

Maldives police have arrested four men and are targeting 34 more after a series of gay sex videos were published online.Police arrested a Bangladeshi sex worker on 12 July, who they claim filmed his encounters with men with intentions to blackmail them, according to Human Rights Watch.Police commissioner Mohamed Hameed said that 38 men have been identified from the tapes, and on 28 July three were arrested.Among them was a police officer and the brother of former president of Maldives, and current speaker of the house, Mohammed Nasheed.Hameed has vowed to prosecute all 38 men. He said police have seized 18 passports and informed their workplaces.In...

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Maldives: Arrests for Gay Sex Politically Motivated

(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.Police in the Maldives said they are investigating dozens of individuals and have sought to frame charges against three men arrested on July 28, 2022, including...

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Leaked videos: Police seek formal charges against three

Maldives Police Service has forwarded the cases of three people who had homosexual relations with a Bangladeshi man to the Prosecutor General's Office for charging.MD Alamgiri filmed himself having homosexual relations with a large number of Maldivian men, including politicians, businessmen, and government employees. While Alamgiri has now been arrested, the videos are still being leaked.The police are seeking to raise formal charges against Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed's brother, Nazim Abdul Sattar, former Nolhivaram MP Mohamed 'Colonel' Nasheed, and Abdul Rahman Rafeeq, an officer of the police's Drug Enforcement Department.The Prosecutor...

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State issues no-fly order on former MP and expat over same-sex allegation charges

Maldives government has issued a no-fly order on former Nolhivaram MP Mohamed Nasheed and a Bangladeshi national, Alamgir over same-sex allegation charges.Mihaaru reports that the former MP and the expat were issued no-flying orders after Maldives Police Service commenced investigation to confirm the authenticity of the allegation. former Nolhivaram MP & DRP leader Mohamed NasheedMeanwhile, the expat allegedly involved in the case was previously summoned to Police headquarters for questioning.Police had also confirmed that a case of nude video leak and subsequent blackmail over same-sex acts were being investigated by the authority since...

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80-year-old man arrested on charges of sexually abusing eight-year-old girl

An 80-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing an eight-year-old girl. The police said the suspect gave money to the girl and forced himself on the underage victim. The elderly man was taken into custody by the upper north police division around 3:30pm yesterday based on information from a member of the public, the police said. The police did not reveal either the identity of the suspect or the island from which he was arrested. A joint investigation by the police and the gender ministry is underway. Earlier this month, 14 men and one woman were arrested on the island of Fuvahmulah on suspicion of forcing a...

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