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February 24, 2015

Maldives: Ex-President Mohamed Nasheed Dragged into Court 
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Police in the Maldives have physically dragged environmentalist and
former President Mohamed Nasheed into court to face charges of illegally
ordering the arrest of a judge while Nasheed was still president.
Nasheed's arrest Sunday marked the latest chapter in a battle over his
decision to arrest a judge appointed by his predecessor, Maumoon Abdul
Gayoom, who ruled the Maldives for 30 years before Nasheed became its
first democratically elected president in 2008. He became famous in 2009
for holding a cabinet meeting underwater to show the threat of climate
change to his island nation. Nasheed was ousted in 2012 in what he
called an armed coup by Gayoom's supporters.

 

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