Opposition women handed suspended sentences over airport protest
The 13 women and one man were sentenced to three months in jail, suspended for three years, on a charge of disobeying orders by protesting at a restricted zone.
31 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
Some 14 opposition activists were given a suspended prison sentence over a protest at the Maldives’ international airport last March.
The 13 women and one man were sentenced to three months in jail, suspended for three years, on a charge of disobeying orders by protesting at a restricted zone.
The activists of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party had held posters calling for former President Mohamed Nasheed’s release at the Ibrahim International Airport on March 5. Nasheed’s arrest on a terror charge had triggered mass protests and a political crisis that continues unabated.
A fifteenth person, Shaneez ‘Thanie’ Saeed was also arrested from the airport, but was not sentenced today as she left the Maldives soon after being released from remand.
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