Maldives must restore Nasheed’s right to run for office, says UN
The UN committee’s decision follows two complaints lodged by Mohamed Nasheed in 2013 and 2016 about violations of his civil and political rights.
16 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM
The Maldives must restore former president Mohamed Nasheed’s right to contest elections, the UN Human Rights Committee said Monday, giving the government a deadline to say what steps it had taken to implement the decision.
The committee’s decision follows two complaints lodged by Nasheed in 2013 and 2016 about violations of his civil and political rights.
Nasheed was found guilty of ordering the “abduction” of a judge after a widely criticised trial in March 2015 and sentenced to 13 years in prison.
A UN rights panel ruled that his jailing was illegal and politically motivated in October that year.
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