former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed

Mohamed Nasheed blames Abdulla Yameen for anti-India sentiment in the Maldives, calls joining China's belt and road a mistake

Slamming Chinese investment policies that have created debt, Mohamed Nasheed said, "Look at what is happening in Sri Lanka, it is so sad," adding "it was a mistake that we took part in the road and belt initiative." 

Apr 28, 2022, 15:44 PM IST

UK grants asylum to Maldives' ex-president Mohamed Nasheed

A prominent human rights campaigner and Maldives' first democratically elected president, 49-year-old Nasheed had been allowed to go to Britain in January for the for spinal cord surgery following a deal brokered by Sri Lanka, India and the UK.

May 24, 2016, 05:40 AM IST