Foreign Minister Dunya slams Canada, Commonwealth statements on Nasheed prosecution
24 Feb 2015, 6:43 PM
Hassan Mohamed
Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon has slammed statements issued by the Commonwealth and Canada expressing concern over the denial of legal representation to former President Mohamed Nasheed at the first hearing of his terrorism trial yesterday.
At a press conference today, Dunya dismissed Canadian Foreign Minister Rob Nicholson’s statement as “blatantly untrue.”
Nicholson had called Nasheed’s detention and denial of constitutional rights “abhorrent.”
“[Nicholson] had described Nasheed’s arrest as unlawful or illegal. Nasheed was arrested in relation to the kidnapping or unlawful detention of the Chief Judge of Criminal Court in 2012. That act was illegal by all international laws and principles” said Dunya.
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