Nazim returned as a free man after the Supreme Court suspended his 11-year jail sentence.
The prisons authority granted furlough at the request of the human rights watchdog.
Maldives former defence minister was found guilty of weapons smuggling in 2015 and sentenced to 11 years in prison, but a UN rights panel found he...
The high-profile prisoners were transferred for the duration of the fasting month of Ramadan, which began Saturday.
If the retired colonel fails to return in the next two days, the Maldives Correctional Services will "begin work to bring him back," Superintendent of Prisons...
Amnesty International has petitioned the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of former Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim's case, seeking a judgment declaring his imprisonment illegal.
Commissioner of Prisons Mohamed Husham said the "contraband was found during a routine check" at the 'Asseryi' jail in Himmafushi, but did not reveal what the...
Nazim’s brother Adam Azim told The Maldives Independent that the retired colonel's eyesight was rapidly deteriorating and that doctors at the Indira Gandi Memorial Hospital (IGMH)...
