Nasheed’s lawyers decry Criminal Court failure to provide court proceedings as appeal deadline approaches
19 Mar 2015, 6:36 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
With additional reporting by Shafaa Hameed
Former President Mohamed Nasheed’s lawyers today decried the Criminal Court’s continued failure to provide court proceedings into the opposition leader’s terrorism trial, with only two days remaining before the appeal period expires.
The Criminal Court only today released a judgment summary, which lawyers say is not enough to build an appeal.
Without the full transcripts of court proceedings, lawyers would not be able to determine if the three judge panel had considered fully witness testimony and defence arguments in their verdict, a statement issued today said.
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