A supporter of presidential candidate Mohamed Nasheed, who was ousted as President in 2012, holds up a placard during a protest against the Maldives police, in the capital Male yesterday. Maldives police have stopped a fresh presidential poll that was to be held yesterday, the archipelago’s Election Commission said, despite a court ruling that the poll could go ahead.

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