Court delays sentencing women in airport protest for fourth time
Today’s hearing was reportedly cancelled because one of the women involved in the case was abroad, said Mariyam Zubair, another defendant in the case.
29 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
The criminal court has delayed sentencing for the fourth time a group of women arrested from a protest at the airport.
Some 14 women and one man were charged with disobeying orders for protesting at a restricted zone. The group had held posters calling for former President Mohamed Nasheed’s release at the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport nearly a year ago.
The protest was coordinated by the women’s wing of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party.
Among those arrested were Malé City deputy-mayor Shifa Mohamed and MDP women’s wing vice-president Shaneez ‘Thanie’ Saeed.
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