Supreme Court concludes review of Nasheed terrorism conviction

The Supreme Court has concluded a review of former president Mohamed Nasheed’s conviction on a controversial charge of terrorism in March 2015.

In the wake of former President Abdulla Yameen’s heavy election defeat, the court suspended Nasheed’s 13-year jail sentence last month after the Prosecutor General’s office sought a review of the decision to uphold the verdict in June 2016.

A stay order cleared the way for the opposition leader’s return on November 1 after nearly three years in exile.

At the hearing of Nasheed’s case Monday morning, deputy prosecutor general Mariyam Nihaayath told the court the PG office filed the case in the public interest as requested by numerous people.