La crisi política a les Maldives va començar el mes de gener passat, quan el govern va demanar a la policia que investigués alguns dirigents de l'oposició perquè, segons denunciava, havien acusat el govern sense fonament i havien insinuat que perjudicava la fe islàmica al país.
The political crisis facing the Maldives was given a head-start in January when the government asked the police to start investigations against certain opposition leaders for what the government claimed were baseless insinuations and allegations that the government was undermining the Islamic faith of the country.