Rubeena’s mother travels to Malé as campaign grows in Kerala
10 Feb 2015, 4:42 PM
Daniel Bosley
The mother of Indian national Rubeena Buruhanudeen will travel to the Maldives where she will attempt to visit her daughter, who has been held in pre-trial detention for four and a half years.
Shafeeqa Beevi has asked Maldivian authorities permission to visit her 30-year-old daughter, who faces charges of infanticide and attempted suicide after the death of her ten-month-old son in 2010.
Despite local lawyers taking up Rubeena’s case in 2012, it has remained stalled, with the last scheduled hearing in December delayed as the court requested to hear from the doctor who initially examined the child’s body.
Her lawyers are seeking an additional hearing to claim their client’s diminished responsibility.
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