Angry crowd threatens to assault Human Rights Commissioners
25 Feb 2015, 2:56 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
A group of five angry middle-aged men entered the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) offices at 10:00am on Tuesday and threatened to assault the five commissioners.
According to HRCM member Jeehan Mahmoud, the group was unhappy over a statement issued by the commission on Monday condemning the police’s mistreatment of former President Mohamed Nasheed at the Criminal Court.
The HRCM statement had condemned the police’s disproportionate use of force against Nasheed, and urged the state to immediately extend medical attention and access to a lawyer.
The commission said it was “investigating the police’s brutal treatment of the former president.”
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