Which country’s ex-President has been granted political refugee status in the United Kingdom (UK)?
Which country’s ex-President has been granted political refugee status in the United Kingdom (UK)?
[A]Vietnam
[B]Maldives
[C]Cyprus
[D]Georgia
Maldives
Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives, has been granted political refugee status in the United Kingdom (UK). He is a prominent human rights campaigner and Maldives first democratically elected president, who served for 4 years before he was toppled in what he called a coup backed by the military and police. He was jailed in 2015 after a trial that drew widespread international criticism for being part of a slide to authoritarianism in the country. In January 2016, he was allowed to go to Britain on medical grounds.
Originally written on
May 26, 2016
and last modified on
May 26, 2016.