Britain has granted refugee status to Mohamed
Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives who was jailed in 2015
after a trial that drew international criticism, his lawyer said on
Monday May 23,2016
Nasheed, the Maldives' first democratically elected president, was allowed to go to Britain in January for medical treatment after President Abdulla Yameen came under international pressure to let him leave.
Nasheed was jailed for 13 years on terrorism charges after illegally ordering the arrest of a judge in a trial that put a spotlight on instability in the Indian Ocean archipelago known as a paradise for wealthy tourists.
"Nasheed has been granted political refugee status in the UK," Hasan Latheef, Nasheed's lawyer, told
Note
Mohamed Nasheed was ousted in disputed circumstances in 2012 after ordering the arrest of the judge. The United Nations, the United States and human rights groups have said Yameen's government failed to follow due process and that the case was politically motivated.
Nasheed, the Maldives' first democratically elected president, was allowed to go to Britain in January for medical treatment after President Abdulla Yameen came under international pressure to let him leave.
Nasheed was jailed for 13 years on terrorism charges after illegally ordering the arrest of a judge in a trial that put a spotlight on instability in the Indian Ocean archipelago known as a paradise for wealthy tourists.
"Nasheed has been granted political refugee status in the UK," Hasan Latheef, Nasheed's lawyer, told
Note
Mohamed Nasheed was ousted in disputed circumstances in 2012 after ordering the arrest of the judge. The United Nations, the United States and human rights groups have said Yameen's government failed to follow due process and that the case was politically motivated.
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