Jailed MP Mahloof petitions UN rights panel
Mahloof’s petition is the fourth from a high-profile Maldivian politician to come before the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention since early 2015. In September, the specialised UN agency ruled that former President Mohamed Nasheed’s conviction on a terrorism charge was politically motivated.
22 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
Independent MP Ahmed Mahloof has petitioned a specialised UN agency to declare as illegal and arbitrary his imprisonment on two counts of obstructing police duty.
The petition is the fourth from a high-profile Maldivian politician to come before the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention since 2015.
The panel, comprised of five independent experts, is yet to issue rulings in Nazim and Imran’s cases.
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