(WiPC/IFEX) – The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN welcomes the release of opposition politician and writer Mohamed Nasheed, who was freed from house arrest on 21 September 2006. It is expected that the charges against him of terrorism and sedition will be dropped soon. Nasheed was among several members of the newly established […]
(WiPC/IFEX) – The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN welcomes the release of opposition politician and writer Mohamed Nasheed, who was freed from house arrest on 21 September 2006. It is expected that the charges against him of terrorism and sedition will be dropped soon.
Nasheed was among several members of the newly established opposition party, the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), to be arrested on 12 August 2005 during a peaceful protest in Malé. Nasheed was charged on 23 August 2005 with “terrorism” and “sedition” for “inciting violence against the president” in a speech he made in July 2005.
