UN panel finds Maldives ex defence minister’s detention illegal
“[T]the Working Group considers that an adequate remedy would be to release Col. Nazim immediately and accord him an enforceable right to reparations”, the ruling said.
28 Jan 2017, 9:00 AM
A United Nations panel has ruled the Maldives’ continued detention of a former defence minister illegal and declared that he should be freed immediately.
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said Mohamed Nazim was not afforded a fair trial following his 2015 arrest on weapons smuggling charges and backed the retired colonel’s assertion that the police had framed him.
“[T]the Working Group considers that an adequate remedy would be to release Col. Nazim immediately and accord him an enforceable right to reparations”, the ruling adopted on November 25 and publicised on Thursday read.
It also suggested that Nazim’s treatment in prison had violated international prohibitions against torture: He was held in solitary confinement and not given “full access to medical care for the treatment of his deteriorating eyesight, heart conditions, varicose veins and back pain”.
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