Abbas Faiz, the Special Envoy to the Maldives' government to monitor the investigation, prosecution, and trial of the terrorist attack against Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed, on Tuesday, expressed discontent with the pace of the trial against the people accused of the attack.
Faiz tweeted that he met with the Criminal Court's Registrar, Hussain Rasheed, and that he has relayed his concerns to him.
Met Registrar of Criminal Court Mr Hassan Rasheed last week, expressed my deep disappointment about delay in the trial of persons accused of 6 May 2021 attack against President Nasheed. The Maldives judicial authorities have not given me an acceptable reason for this dely.— Abbas Faiz (@tweetafaiz) March 7, 2023
Abbas has previously expressed concern over the delay in the trial.
Last November, the bench of judges presiding over the case was dissolved, and the case is now being overseen by Judge Sofwath Habib. The bench was shuffled twice before it was dissolved.
Ishaaq, Thahmeen Ahmed, Mujaz Ahmed, Ali Haisham, Mohamed Nazim and Fahmy Ali were charged with terrorism for the attempted assassination of the former president on May 6, 2021. Their trial is currently underway, and they have been remanded until the end of the proceedings.
Faiz has more than 30 years of experience monitoring the human rights situation in South Asia, including the Maldives. He was previously employed at Amnesty International as the most senior advisor to the Secretary-General.