Hundreds urge Criminal Court to release Nasheed’s court proceedings
22 Mar 2015, 9:39 PM
Ismail Humaam Hamid
Hundreds of opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) supporters today urged Criminal Court Chief Judge Abdulla Mohamed to release a transcript of court proceedings necessary for the appeal of former President Mohamed Nasheed’s 13-year jail sentence.
In a letter to Judge Abdulla, over a hundred signatories noted the ten-day appeal period would expire on Monday, March 23, and urged the court to release court proceedings without further delay.
The High Court subsequently informed Nasheed’s lawyers that the appeal period would expire on March 26 (Thursday).
Nasheed was convicted of terrorism on March 13 over the January 2012 military detention of Judge Abdulla in a trial many international and domestic observers called a “travesty of justice.”
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