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The Maldivian opposition said that the military locked down parliament on Monday on the orders of the country’s president in a bid to prevent lawmakers from voting against the parliamentary speaker, who is accused of ignoring allegations of corruption and rights abuses, by the opposition. The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party said that on the […]