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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the prosecution and conviction of former President Mohamed Nasheed without due process and urging the Government of the Maldives to take all…

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the prosecution and conviction of former President Mohamed Nasheed without due process and urging the Government of the Maldives to take all necessary steps to redress this injustice, to release all political prisoners, and to ensure due process and freedom from political prosecution for all the people of the Maldives.

Introduced: March 8, 2016 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Agreed to (Senate)

Apr 7, 2016

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1795)

Apr 7, 2016

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1795)

Mar 16, 2016

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 402.

Mar 16, 2016

Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.

Mar 10, 2016

Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Mar 8, 2016

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1347)

Mar 8, 2016

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Expresses concern over the prosecution and conviction of former President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives without due process.

Urges the government of the Maldives to: (1) redress this injustice, (2) release all political prisoners, and (3) ensure due process and freedom from political prosecution for all the people of the Maldives.

What's happening now April 7, 2016

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1795)

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Foreign Relations Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 8

Blumenthal, Richard

Connecticut · Mar 8, 2016

Coons, Christopher A.

Delaware · Mar 8, 2016

Durbin, Richard J.

Illinois · Mar 8, 2016

Markey, Edward J.

Massachusetts · Mar 8, 2016

Murphy, Christopher

Connecticut · Mar 8, 2016

Peters, Gary C.

Michigan · Mar 8, 2016

Reed, Jack

Rhode Island · Mar 8, 2016

Whitehouse, Sheldon

Rhode Island · Mar 8, 2016

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 392: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the prosecution and conviction of former President Mohamed Nasheed without due process and urging the Government of the Maldives to take all necessary steps to redress this injustice, to release all political prisoners, and to ensure due process and freedom from political prosecution for all the people of the Maldives.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-SRES-392/

MLA

"S. Res. 392: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the prosecution and conviction of former President Mohamed Nasheed without due process and urging the Government of the Maldives to take all necessary steps to redress this injustice, to release all political prisoners, and to ensure due process and freedom from political prosecution for all the people of the Maldives.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-SRES-392/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. Res. 392, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-SRES-392/.

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[S. Res. 392: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the prosecution and conviction of former President Mohamed Nasheed without due process and urging the Government of the Maldives to take all necessary steps to redress this injustice, to release all political prisoners, and to ensure due process and freedom from political prosecution for all the people of the Maldives.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-SRES-392/)