Jailed ex-defence minister to petition UN too
“We attempted to exhaust local remedies from the Maldivian judiciary, but it seems that the courts have absconded from trial by refusing to hold hearings,” Nazim’s lawyer Husnu Suood said. An appeal of Nazim’s conviction on weapons smuggling charges has been stalled since April.
01 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Jailed ex defence minister Mohamed Nazim’s lawyers have announced plans to petition the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) after it ruled the Maldives’ former president Mohamed Nasheed’s imprisonment illegal.
Husnu Suood, who represents Nazim, told The Maldives Independent today that he did not believe that justice could be served to his client through Maldivian courts. An appeal of Nazim’s conviction on a weapons smuggling charge has been stalled at the High Court since April.
“We attempted to exhaust local remedies from the Maldivian judiciary, but it seems that the courts have absconded from trial by refusing to hold hearings,” the former attorney general said.
The petition will be filed in early November, he added.
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