Lawyers slam ‘shameful’ treatment of Gasim
Despite assurances from Home Minister Azleen Ahmed last week that medical leave will be authorised within days, the Attorney General’s office appealed the part of Gasim’s verdict that ordered the authorities to arrange treatment abroad.
03 Sep 2017, 9:00 AM
Lawyers representing Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim have slammed the failure of the authorities to allow the convicted opposition lawmaker to seek medical treatment overseas as ordered by the criminal court.
Despite assurances from Home Minister Azleen Ahmed last week that medical leave will be authorised within days, the Attorney General’s office appealed the part of Gasim’s verdict that ordered the authorities to arrange testing and treatment abroad.
The Maldives Correctional Service has since decided to transfer Gasim to house arrest but he remains hospitalised as doctors say his heart condition is too serious.
In a statement issued Friday, Gasim’s lawyers called the failure of the prisons authority to make arrangements “shameful” as a week has passed since he was sentenced in absentia to more than three years in prison.
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