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SRES 392 114th Congress Senate International Affairs Asia Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Due process and equal protection Human rights Maldives Protest and dissent Rule of law and government transparency

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
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Passed House
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Became law
Apr 7, 2016
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1795)
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)
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
 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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