Concern over Sheikh Imran and Nasheed’s health
10 Jun 2015, 8:50 PM
Minivan News
Concern is growing over the health of opposition leaders in custody. The Adhaalath Party president Sheikh Imran Abdulla’s family have said the government is attempting to weaken him physically and psychologically, while under police custody.
Meanwhile, ex-president Mohamed Nasheed’s lawyers say he is being denied access to specialist medical attention despite recommendations from doctors.
He is serving a 13-year jail sentence on a terrorism conviction, relating to the detention of a judge during his tenure.
The opposition leader’s lawyers said doctors at the Maafushi Jail health center and at a Malé military clinic in May recommended that he get a MRI scan. But the government has not authorized the scan, lawyers said in a statement today.
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