Criminal Court has extended the remand of Adhaalath Party leader Sheikh Imran with another ten days and the remand of MDP Chairperson Ali Waheed with another seven days.
Police arrested 195 people, including minors, and the leaders of all the main opposition parties during the Mayday protest.
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 the following morning, under a court order alleging them of attempting to overthrow the government.
The crackdown by the Yameen regime constitutes one of the biggest mass arrests in the Maldives’ history.
An estimated 25,000 people poured onto the streets of Male’ on Mayday, demanding an end to tyranny of the government and the release of political prisoners