Maldives prison treatment of Sri Lankan ‘sniper’ condemned
The Sri Lankan was charged with being part of an assassination attempt on the Maldives president.
01 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
A Sri Lankan who has been detained in the Maldives without a trial date since September 2016 is losing his eyesight, has no access to his lawyer and was forced to fast during Ramadan despite being Buddhist, Amnesty International has said.
Lahiru Manikkaduara, who is in the high-security Maafushi prison, was detained on the charge of “knowingly taking part in a conspiracy to murder the Maldives President” Abdulla Yameen.
He was arrested in October 2015 on a different charge, with the assassination allegation and charge following months later.
His remand hearings and interrogations were conducted in Dhivehi, which he does not speak, and he was not given legal aid.
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