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NewsBill increases penalties for acts against Islam
A proposed amendment to the Penal Code seeks to reclassify acts against Islam and religious unity from misdemeanors to Class 4 felonies. This change increases the baseline prison sentence to over 19 months and restricts the use of fines or bail. The bill aims to toughen legal consequences for inciting religious hatred.
NewsLife imprisonment for treason under proposed amendments
The Maldivian government has proposed a bill to classify treason as a first-degree felony punishable by life imprisonment. The amendment defines treason as waging war or threatening national sovereignty and bars convicts from state office. This move fulfills a campaign pledge by President Muizzu to impose harsher penalties for betraying the nation.
