Opposition alliance has called the international community to check the situation of the detained political leaders, MDP Chairperson Ali Waheed, Adhaalath Party President Sheikh Imran Abdulla, and Jumhooree Party Deputy Leader Ameen Ibrhaim.
The opposition made this call in a press conference held yesterday afternoon at the Adhaalath Party office.
The opposition alliance stated that all three leaders are held in very terrible conditions in small cells.
They stated that the cells are in such worse conditions that they are not appropriate for human detention in them.
“These cells lack proper ventilation and they are full of pests,” the opposition stated.
Police arrested 195 people, including minors, and the leaders of all the main opposition parties.
MDP Chairperson Ali Waheed, Adhaalath Party President Sheikh Imran Abdulla, and Jumhooree Party Deputy Leader Ameen Ibrhaim were all arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning, following a court order alleging them of attempting to overthrow the government.
The crackdown constitutes one of the biggest mass arrests in the Maldives’ history.
An estimated 25,000 people poured onto the streets of Male’ on Friday afternoon, demanding an end to tyranny and the release of political prisoners.