When justice becomes a joke
By Paul
“… (But) Judge Abdul Baree Yoosuf refused to grant the defendants the right to obtain a lawyer. In fact when one of the defendants Areesha Ali requested a lawyer the Judge replied that the trial was now over and convicted them for 4 months imprisonment just minutes after the proceedings began.''
- JSC Ignores Petition Against Summary Justice
Related;
Final report of American Law Professor Paul Robinson on Penal Law & Sentencing Codification Project for the Maldives
Bridge Academy in the Maldives- American high school students learning about human rights in the Maldives