Nasheed charged with terrorism over Yameen’s arrest

Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed has been charged with terrorism over alleged arbitrary detention of President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom in 2010, when he had been the Mulaku representative at People’s Majlis.

Criminal Court is scheduled to hear the case at 1:30 pm, Wednesday, March 29.

Yameen was taken under custody of Maldives National Defense Force on 1:45 am, July 15, 2010, and was kept in Aarah until July 23, 2010.

Nasheed’s Minister of Defense, Ameen Faisal has also been charged with terrorism over Yameen’s detention.

Meanwhile, Nasheed has already been sentenced to 13 years in prison for arbitrary detention of former Chief Judge of Criminal Court, Abdulla Mohamed during his administration.

Nasheed currently lives in exile in UK.