Commonwealth envoy arrives in Maldives
Kenya’s former chief justice flew into the Maldives Sunday for his first visit as a special envoy of the Commonwealth amid an intensifying government crackdown on dissent.
01 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
Kenya’s former chief justice flew into the Maldives Sunday for his first visit as a special envoy of the Commonwealth amid an intensifying government crackdown on dissent.
Dr Willy Mutunga attended a ceremony to mark the Maldives’ independence upon his arrival on Sunday night. He is scheduled to meet with President Abdulla Yameen on his five-day visit.
He was appointed as envoy in June at a government request made in an apparent bid to stave off Commonwealth pressure over the jailing of opposition leaders and authoritarian reversals.
Ali Zahir, a member of the Maldives United Opposition, a coalition of opposition parties and former government officials, said he was skeptical of progress.
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