Colonel’s military detention amounts to “enforced disappearance”
The criminal court refused to accept a case related to the colonel’s administrative detention at military barracks, citing the defence ministry’s denial of holding Fayaz under military custody. His lawyer said the state’s refusal to acknowledge the detention puts Fayaz “outside the protection of the law and it could legally qualify as an enforced disappearance.”
20 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM
The family of Colonel Ahmed Fayaz ‘Papa’ has filed a missing person’s report at the police following the criminal court’s refusal to accept a case challenging his administrative detention.
Fayaz, the former head of the military’s special protection unit, has been held at the military barracks since mid-October over the September 28 blast on the president’s speedboat.
The government says a bomb targeting President Abdulla Yameen caused the explosion. Three soldiers from the Explosives Ordnance Disposal unit were among the first suspects arrested in connection to the alleged assassination attempt. The explosives experts are accused of tampering with evidence.
Fayaz was also in charge of the EOD unit as well as the armoury.
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