The opposition Jumhoree Party’s (JP) council member Sobah Rasheed has been released from police custody today.
Sobah was arrested on May 3 on a charge of encouraging violence at the historic antigovernment protest on May Day. He was arrested from an opposition protest under a court warrant.
The opposition is calling for the release of ex-president Mohamed Nasheed and ex-defence minister Mohamed Nazim.
The JP’s deputy leader Ameen Ibrahim, the Adhaalath Party president Sheikh Imran Abdulla and the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) chairperson Ali Waheed were also arrested on the same charges.
All have now been released from custody, but will face charges.
Sobah and Imran spent 26 days in police custody. Waheed spent 24 and Ameen spent 14 days.
