Human rights lawyer given six-month ban for criticising judges
Nazim Sattar was handed a six-month ban days after he lodged a complaint against a criminal court judge
06 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
A prominent human rights lawyer has been suspended for six months by the criminal court on charges of “tarnishing the good name of judges and inciting hatred against the judiciary.”
Nazim Abdul Sattar, brother of former President Mohamed Nasheed, is barred from representing clients at the criminal court until April 6, 2017, the criminal court’s chief judge, Abdul Bari Yoosuf, said in a letter on Thursday.
The suspension came days after Nazim filed a complaint at the judicial watchdog, accusing a criminal court judge of denying legal representation to a client of his.
Judge Ibrahim Ali, in a hearing held without informing Nazim, had ruled that his client be kept in police custody until the conclusion of a trial on assault charges.
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