Nasheed calls for reforms to the Commonwealth
“The Commonwealth, in short, needs to stop giving legitimacy, and thus helping to prop up, the dictators and authoritarians who abuse their people and flout the values that the Commonwealth is supposed to stand for,” said former President Mohamed Nasheed.
14 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
Former President Mohamed Nasheed has called for reforms to the Commonwealth in an April 12 speech at the Commonwealth Journalists’ Association in London. The call comes at a time the Maldives is facing scrutiny by the inter-governmental body over human rights abuses.
Nasheed, who was jailed on a terror charge last year, is in the UK on government-authorised medical leave from prison.
Below is a transcript of his speech.
“It is a great pleasure to speak this evening to the Commonwealth Journalists’ Association, especially because I am a former Commonwealth journalist myself.
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