"Yameen is alone now but he can do anything to remain in power.  He is crazy. More the protesters are attacked with pepper spray and beatings of police, more they become courageous," Nazu Naseem told Just Earth News over phone after meeting her husband in jail.

Maldives plunged into a political crisis when President Abdulla Yameen on Feb 5  declared a 15-day State of Emergency in the country and even got two Supreme Court judges arrested while cracking down on the opposition leaders with arrests and suspension of all civil rights. The Emergency was declared after the Supreme Court  had directed release of nine imprisoned opposition political leaders.

The government of President Yameen refused to implement the Supreme Court ruling and instead clamped a 15-day state emergency and cracked down on the apex court itself, even as protests rocked capital Male.

The Emergency was extended unconstitutionally in Maldives because though the Parliament  approved the extension of 28 days sought by Yameen, it was passed without the constitutionally required quorum of 43 lawmakers. Prosecutor General Aishath Bisham, has in a letter to police, called the  state of emergency  unconstitutional.

Naseem said her husband's resolve to fight the anti-constitutional actions of Yameen has only grown stronger and once he is able to come out of the jail he would hit the streets again.

"We fear the Emergency can be extended further. Yameen can try to legitimize another extension unconstitutionally by perhaps passing it with only 12 votes this time like he did with 38 votes last time, and then coercing Supreme Court to validate it since even the judges are in jail too," said Naseem.

"Our hope is that the international community is watching the situation in Maldives closely and there is a constant pressure on Yameen to reverse his undemocratic actions," said Naseem whose husband Mahloof, an ex footballer,  is an MP for Galolhu-South constituency in the People's Majlis and has courted arrest no less than 17 times for his peaceful but unrelenting protests on various issues.

"My husband is keeping strong. I met him for one hour in the jail and he is not afraid. He has been arrested many times earlier for peaceful protests," said Naseem.

The State of Emergency has been extended for 28 days in Maldives by Yameen who triggered a crisis with imposition of Emergency on Feb 5 when the Supreme Court directed him to release from jail nine opposition leaders who were arrested on politically motivated charges.

Yameen instead of following the court order,  cracked down on the Supreme Court itself suspending its powers and arresting judges.

Present President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom representing Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) is half brother of former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom who had ruled the Islamic island nation from 1978 to 2008 uninterruptedly.

Gayoom was defeated in the October 2008 presidential election but in September 2011, he returned as the leader of the newly formed Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM).

Yameen was elected as President in 2013, defeating Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) leader and former president Mohamed Nasheed in the 2013 elections.

In 2016, Nasheed was given asylum in the United Kingdom after he was convicted under the Anti-Terrorism Act of Maldives for arresting Criminal Court Judge Abdulla Mohamed though international rights group like Amnesty International has described the conviction as "politically motivated".