Human rights commissioner resigns
Shifaq Mufeed ‘Histo,’ the vice president of the Human Rights Commission of Maldives, resigned from his post on Thursday.
13 May 2017, 9:00 AM
Shifaq Mufeed ‘Histo,’ the vice president of the Human Rights Commission of Maldives, resigned from his post on Thursday.
Mufeed confirmed his resignation to local media but has yet to comment on the reasons for his decision.
The resignation follows differences of opinion between Mufeed and other members of the commission. In July last year, Mufeed slammed his colleagues for “condemning the media” for its coverage of HRCM’s audit report for 2015.
The audit found that the commission made no effort to recover MVR1.15 million (US$74,500) owed by employees and spent MVR97,569 (US$6,300) in excess of its annual budget.
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