alleged intimidation opposition challenger ibrahim ali has been campaigning for votes president abdullah yemenis aiming for a second term he declared a fifteen day state of emergency earlier this year provoking concerns the country is sliding towards authoritarianism i would like to call it an undemocratic dictatorship now the current regime president whatever he was doing of course it is like kind of authoritarian rule but then what are you doing doing through you know constitutional means like he is changing though constitution amending the constitution. as well his going in the. game in his book to the economy using cheap chinese loans for large infrastructure projects such as the chinese maltese friendship bridge opened last month after four years of construction. the apparent reliance on large chinese loans has raised concerns about china's increasing influence as the chinese buy with india for a say in the strategically situated indian ocean archipelago. public school topless zero to zero. demonstrators have taken to the streets in moscow in the latest protest against an unpopular pension

the main campaign office of the opposition candidate the head of sunday's election president abdullah yemeni has been in office since two thousand and thirteen is seeking a second five year term in recent months he systematically silenced opposition voices including two former presidents the country's first democratically elected leader mohamed nasheed was convicted on terrorism charges in two thousand and fifteen and is now in exile in sri lanka the other is yemenis half brother maumoon abdul day you he was sentenced to nineteen months earlier this year accused of joining forces with the opposition to try to oust the president and then chief justice of dilla saeed in another judge ighly hamid were arrested earlier in the year after they delivered a ruling that the opposition had been given fair trials alex could top police reports. it's famous is a holiday on its destination popular with newlyweds on their honeymoon but in the run up to the presidential election in the maldives on sunday there are allegations by the opposition intimidation and security crackdown we keep saying there are goi

leader but the presidential election has been no paradise for the opposition rivals to president abdullah yemeni have been jailed or exiled critics say he's become a one ruler cementing his power by a pression international observer boycotted his reelection bid they say it was needed free no fair got to police reports. it was all smiles as president of dillard and his main rival ibrahim hammad selling cars their ballots and so on this point. he means critics accuse him of acting as a straw man imprisoning or exile in political rivals the election lucking transparency there's no credible election observers in maldives at the moment because all the democracy democratic countries as well the. european union decided well in advance that the government had not been obliging that the government had not been doing requesting what they have requested to do before prior to the elections that is to. free the party leader as well the. supreme court of fed very. but none of these things happened so they decided that they regard this election and give any credibility to this election and those critics questi

intimidation opposition challenger ibrahim mohammad saleem has been campaigning for votes president abdullah yemenis aiming for a second term declared a fifteen day state of emergency this year provoking concerns the country is sliding towards authoritarianism i would like to call him democratic dictatorship now the current regime president whatever he was doing of course it is like. but then what are you doing doing you know. like he is changing the constitution amending the constitution. as well his going. to mean has boosted the economy using cheap chinese loans for large infrastructure projects such as the chinese maltese friendship bridge opened last month after four years of construction. the apparent reliance on large chinese loans has raised concerns about china's increasing influence as the chinese buy with india for a say in the strategically situated indian ocean archipelago. topless which is zero divers have found a man alive in the tanzanian ferry that capsized just two days ago moments before docking he is one of only forty one confirmed survivors though the search is continuing at lea

closing in the mold deaves in a presidential election widely seen as a test for democracy president abdullah yemeni is running for a second term but since taking office has been accused of silencing dissent and consolidating power on saturday the opposition's campaign headquarters was raided by police who said they were investigating the electoral for the u.n. humanitarian chief says yemen is approaching a tipping point with famine a major threat three quarters of the population that's about twenty two million yemenis need some kind of humanitarian assistance because of the war the annual conference of britain's main opposition labor party is starting with briggs it causing lots of arguments leader jeremy corbyn says the general election is needed if prime minister to resign may fails to win support for her breaks of plan critics say she was humiliated by e.u. leaders in salzburg three days ago when they rejected her leave plan she says talks have reached an impasse with just six months to go israel has given people living in a palestinian village seven days to move out supreme court approved its d

maldives have raided the main campaign office of the opposition presidential candidate president abdullah yemeni who's been in office since two thousand and thirteen is seeking a second five year term in sunday's election but is ask a top u.s. reports most of his rivals are either in jail or exile. it's famous as a holiday islands destination popular with newlyweds on their honeymoon but in the run up to the presidential election in the maldives on sunday there are allegations by the opposition of voter intimidation and security crackdowns we keep there are going to be heavy. but we take part in them believing that our support is so all. that we will be able to overcome that. despite the alleged intimidation opposition challenger ibrahim ali has been campaigning for votes president abdullah i mean is aiming for a second term he declared a fifteen day state of emergency earlier this year provoking concerns the country is sliding towards authoritarianism i would like to call it an undemocratic dictatorship now the current regime president whatever he was doing of course it is like kind of authorit

intimidation opposition challenger ibrahim mohamed salah has been campaigning for votes president abdullah yemenis aiming for a second term declared a fifteen day state of emergency this year provoking concerns the country is sliding towards authoritarianism i would like to call it an undemocratic dictatorship now the current regime president whatever he was doing of course it is like kind of authoritarian thing. but then what are you doing doing through you know. like he is changing the constitution amending the constitution. as well his going in. yemen has boosted the economy using cheap chinese loans for large infrastructure projects such as the chinese maltese friendship bridge opened last month after four years of construction. the apparent reliance on large chinese loans has raised concerns about china's increasing influence as the chinese buy with india for a say in the strategically situated indian ocean archipelago. topless which is era john abraham adjoin is little bit earlier a journalist for the news outlet the maldives independent it always has a heavy police presence in the capital m

third multi party presidential election and it's seen as a test for democracy there president abdullah yemeniis running for a second term but since taking office you mean has been accused of silencing dissent and consolidating power on saturday the opposition's campaign headquarters was raided by police who said they were investigating electoral fraud alec's the topless reports. it's famous as a holiday island's destination popular with newlyweds on their honeymoon but in the run up to the presidential election in the maldives on sunday there are allegations by the opposition of voter intimidation and security crackdowns we keep they are going to be here. but we take part in them believing that our support. that we will be able to overcome that. despite the alleged intimidation opposition challenger a pretty mohamed salah has been campaigning for votes. president of delegate mean is aiming for a second term he declared a fifteen day state of emergency earlier this year provoking concerns the country is sliding towards authoritarianism i would like to call it an undemocratic dictatorship now t

leader but the presidential election has been no paradise for the opposition rivals to president abdullah yemeni have been jailed or exiled critics say he's become a one ruler cementing his power by a pression international observer had boycotted his reelection bid they say it was needed free no fair got to police reports. it was all smiles as president of dillard and his main rival in for him mohamad sali cost the balance and so on this point. he means critics accuse him of acting as a strongman imprisoning or exile in political rivals the election lucking transparency there's no credible election observers in all this at the moment because all the democracy democratic countries as well the. european union decided well in advance that the government had not been bludgeoned that the government had not been doing requesting what they have requested to do before prior to the elections that is to . free the party leader as well the. supreme court of february for. but none of these things happened so they decided that they regard this election and give any credibility to this election and those crit

chapter was because of the former president ali abdullah saleh who was able to give to the whole thing is a lot of the heavy weaponry that was in the yemeni army through his own links and his own context and secondly through logistical supply coming in via air for it to work towards santa but also to coming through data through the ports going to sign up and allowing them to quit their fighters to continue the fighting so it's a vital part but i don't think we should exaggerate its particular importance the arabs want to our coalition want to take back her data and that is the main threat they want to cut the supply line not just going towards an hour but also going towards for data preventing any resources from sun up going to her data to prevent the hutus from mounting a defensive let's talk about the diplomatic side of things and griffiths is in sanaa again i mean what a job he has completely failed last time the talks in geneva is there any reason to think that he can make some sort of breakthrough. i think the biggest issue is that when you look at the dynamics on the ground there is nothing to suggest that any of the parties are rea

former dictator ali abdullah saleh and was supposed to be a transitional leader moving forward and since then we're stuck in that horrible horrible civil war and of course the yemeni president speaks for his patrons just like the house he's also quite aligned with iran as well and hence the yemen effort but speaking of the united arab emirates just earlier this week an m.r.i. official said this that the u.a.e. will support the u.n. proposals for a new peace talks on yemen is there anything significant or new in that statement. well you know when there is when there is will there's a way but certainly there has been much much of a will because the iraqis in particular as well as saudi arabia wanted to wind this war on the ground and then turned whatever negotiations in geneva into a surrender by the host these at this point in time after so many years of suffering i think calling the other party militias and terrorists and calling the the the those support in support of most who are. authentic yemenis that's pretty dangerous at this point in time so certainly a political solution is needed there is no other way but the political solution if anything time is not on