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July 17, 2012

Maldives to Prosecute Ex-President Nasheed 
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Prosecutors in the Indian Ocean state of Maldives have ordered the
country's ousted former president, Mohamed Nasheed, to stand trial.
Nasheed is being charged for ordering the arrest of a judge appointed by
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who ruled the Maldives for 30 years before Nasheed
became its first democratically elected president in 2008. Nasheed was
ousted earlier this year in what he has described as a coup at gunpoint
by Gayoom's supporters. Nasheed's backers say the latest charges are a
politically motivated attempt to thwart his candidacy in new elections.

 

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