HRCM attends Juvenile Court after summons, agrees to cooperate with enquiry
17 Mar 2014, 2:39 PM
Mariyath Mohamed
The Juvenile Court has stated today that all five members of the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) have complied with the court’s order and attended a meeting at the court this morning (March 17).
The order was sent after HRCM members had failed to attend two meetings requested by the court in recent weeks.
Juvenile Court Spokesperson Zaima Nasheed stated that the court was requesting the meetings in order to question the HRCM members about a confidential report that they shared with the court concerning the sentencing of a 15 year old rape victim to flogging and house arrest.
The court maintains that, although the HRCM has included in its report that the case was one of sexual assault and harassment, the court was in fact presiding over a case concerning the crime of consensual fornication.
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