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flag Human rights groups urge Maldives to withdraw bill restoring death penalty.

flag Ten human rights organizations have urged the Maldivian government to withdraw a proposed bill to end a 72-year moratorium on the death penalty. flag The groups warn the legislation, which would expand capital punishment to drug trafficking offenses, violates international human rights obligations and contradicts global trends toward abolition. flag They call for the immediate repeal of the bill and full abolition of the death penalty.

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