Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed has returned to Maldives after more than two years and nine months in exile.
Nasheed and his spouse, Laila Ali Abdulla arrived in Maldives on A SriLankan Airlines flights at 2:45 pm this Thursday. They were joined by opposition activists living in exile in Sri Lanka.
13-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE
Nasheed was found guilty of illegal detention of Judge Abdulla Mohamed, former Chief Judge of Criminal Court, and sentenced to 13 years in prison in March, 2015.
10 months into his prison sentence, Nasheed obtained permission from the State and travelled to the UK for a surgery in January, 2016.
 
He refused to return back to prison in Maldives, and obtained political asylum from the UK. He had been living in exile in the UK and neighboring Sri Lanka since.
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