Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed jailed for 13 years
Mohamed Nasheed waves to reporters from inside a car outside the court after a three-judge panel pronounced his verdict. Photograph: Sinan Hussain/AP
Conviction on terrorism charge of nation’s first democratically elected leader likely to worsen acute instability in popular tourist destination
Mohamed Nasheed, the first democratically elected leader of the Maldives, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after being found guilty of terrorism.
