Maldives ex-leader Gayoom and SC Chief Justice arrested

Maldives police have arrested the country’s chief justice of the Supreme Court hours after the government declared a state of emergency. The crisis began when President Abdulla Yameen refused to comply with a court order to release political prisoners. Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed and another judge, Ali Hameed, were arrested in the early hours of […]

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