Amal Clooney arrives in the Maldives

“I’m here to represent President Nasheed, your former president, who fought so hard to bring human rights and democracy to this country, and who is now a political prisoner here, one of many unfortunately,” Clooney told the press.

Clooney, a high profile human rights lawyer and wife of Hollywood actor George Clooney, is working with Jared Genser, the founder of the renowned campaign group for political prisoners Freedom Now, and Ben Emmerson, a UN rights chief on counter-terrorism and human rights, to free Nasheed.

“We are hoping to make some advances this week regarding President Nasheed’s case. My colleague Jared Genser will be coming in tomorrow. We will be visiting President Nasheed in prison while we are here and holding meetings with government officials, and I will address the press in due course on the outcome of those meetings,” Clooney said.