Nasheed granted political asylum in UK
Former President Mohamed Nasheed has been granted asylum in the United Kingdom. The opposition leader was granted “political refugee status” by the British government on Thursday, his lawyer Hassan Latheef told The Maldives Independent today.
23 May 2016, 9:00 AM
Former President Mohamed Nasheed has been granted asylum in the United Kingdom.
The opposition leader was granted “political refugee status” by the British government on Thursday, his lawyer Hassan Latheef told The Maldives Independent today.
Home Minister Umar Naseer told local media that the government has not officially been informed of the former president’s political refugee status.
A British High Commission official in Sri Lanka told Reuters that it did not comment on individual asylum cases.
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