Women face charges over airport protest
02 Apr 2015, 7:12 PM
Ismail Humaam Hamid
State prosecutors are preparing to charge 14 women and one man who protested at Male’s international airport earlier last month over the arrest and trial of former president Mohamed Nasheed.
Police have sent the cases to the prosecutor general’s office to send them to trial, an official confirmed to Minivan News.
Another source confirmed that 15 cases were sent to the prosecutor general’s office, while a total of 90 protest-related cases have been sent to the state prosecutor.
Some 14 women and one man were arrested on March 5 while protesting at the airport with posters calling for Nasheed’s release. The protest was co-ordinated by the women’s wing of the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).
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