26 arrested in MDP’s all day protests
07 Mar 2015, 3:24 PM
Ismail Humaam Hamid
The Maldives Police Services arrested 26 protesters from opposition Maldivian Democratic Party’s (MDP) “last warning” rally in Malé last night.
MDP MP Fayyaz Ismail, Vice President Mohamed Shifaz, former MP Ilyas Labeeb and three minors were among those arrested between 10:30pm and 1am. Police claimed the protest was not peaceful.
Fayyaz and two others have since been remanded for 15 days. The rest have been released on the condition they do not participate in protests again.
Protesters had called for the release of former President Mohamed Nasheed, who remains imprisoned amidst a terrorism trial over the military detention of Criminal Court Chief Judge Abdulla Mohamed in January 2012.
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