India asks Maldives to release former President Gayoom, other political prisoners.
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
New Delhi: Indo-Maldivian ties continue to worsen, with New Delhi on Thursday reacting sharply and with "dismay" to reports that former Maldivian president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom had been sentenced to 19 months in prison in the tiny nation on charges of obstructing an investigation into an alleged plot to oust President Abdulla Yameen.
Directly attacking the Maldivian Government, New Delhi said the developments "cast doubt on the commitment of the Government of the Maldives to uphold the rule of law and call into question the credibility of the entire process of Presidential elections in September this year".
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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