Maldives High Court overturns conviction of opposition leader
The High Court of Maldives overturned a bribery conviction against opposition leader Qasim Ibrahim on Monday. The charge was overturned due to procedural violations by the Criminal Court. Ibrahim was accused of bribing lawmakers in order to support a no-faith motion against the parliamentary speaker. The trial was accused of violating due process violations and being [...]
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A US federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Liberian commander known as "Jungle Jabbah" to 30 years in prison for defrauding the US immigration authorities and lying about...
UN rights committee urges Maldives to allow former president to run for office
The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) released a report on Monday finding that the judicial proceedings under which former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed were convicted "contained serious flaws and violated his right to a...
The prosecutor general of the Maldives brought charges against 11 current and former government officials Tuesday. The charges include attempting to overthrow the government, attempting an act of terrorism, and giving and receiving bribes. The people named in...
A group of UN human rights experts said Monday that the detention of two Supreme Court judges in the Maldives is an attack on the independence of the judiciary and undermines the court's ability to work freely and...
Maldives high court annuls order to release political prisoners hours after justices arrested
Three justices of the Maldives Supreme Court on Tuesday annulled a controversial ruling the court had issued last Thursday that required the government to immediately release a number of political prisoners. The reversal came a...
Maldives government declares state of emergency after refusing to enforce supreme court order
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom declared a state of emergency Monday for the next 15 days as political tensions between the president and the Supreme Court continue to escalate. The country has remained in a...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives announced its decision on Friday to quit the Commonwealth of Nations after the organization issued a warning to the country that it could be suspended because of...
Jin Kyung-joon, a senior prosecutor in South Korea, was indicted on charges of bribery Friday. Jin has been accused of accepting more than USD $11 million from an executive at the online-game company Nexon during collusive...
A South Korean senior prosecutor was arrested Sunday on bribery charges following investigations into his corrupt relationship with major online game company Nexon . Prosecutor Jin Kyung-joon was accused of taking the equivalent of USD $370,000...
