Maldives Leader In Jail

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen fired his second police chief in three days and the opposition said it feared violence, as the island nation was pitched deeper into a crisis caused by Yameen's failure to obey a court order to free jailed opponents.

Exiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has said he is in talks with the former president, who repeatedly threw him in jail, to "legally topple" the current leader of the troubled honeymoon islands.

Exiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has said he is in talks with the former president - who repeatedly threw him in jail - to "legally topple" the current leader of the troubled honeymoon island.

A court in the Maldives Tuesday sentenced the leader of the country's main Islamist party to 12 years in jail after convicting him on a terrorism charge.

The jailed former president of the Maldives said Monday that he may not return home after being temporarily freed to seek medical treatment in Britain.

The Maldives said today it would appeal the conviction of former president and opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed, who was jailed for 13 years in March after a trial the UN described as "vastly unfair".

Maldives police arrested 193 people including three opposition leaders after clashes broke out on Friday during protests over the jailing of former president Mohamed Nasheed, whose trial was condemned by foreign governments as having been deeply flawed.

Supporters of jailed former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed held an underwater protest on Saturday to push for the release of the tropical archipelago's first democratically elected leader, after he was sentenced to 13 years in prison last month.

The Maldives government today told its critics to respect a controversial decision to jail the honeymoon islands' first-ever democratically-elected president for 13 years amid a growing global backlash over the verdict.

The Maldives government on Tuesday defended the arrest of former leader Mohamed Nasheed on terrorism charges after both the United States and regional power India voiced concern.

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen fired his second police chief in three days and the opposition said it feared violence, as the island nation was pitched deeper into a crisis caused by Yameen's failure to obey a court order to free jailed opponents.

Exiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has said he is in talks with the former president, who repeatedly threw him in jail, to "legally topple" the current leader of the troubled honeymoon islands.

Exiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has said he is in talks with the former president - who repeatedly threw him in jail - to "legally topple" the current leader of the troubled honeymoon island.

A court in the Maldives Tuesday sentenced the leader of the country's main Islamist party to 12 years in jail after convicting him on a terrorism charge.

The jailed former president of the Maldives said Monday that he may not return home after being temporarily freed to seek medical treatment in Britain.

The Maldives said today it would appeal the conviction of former president and opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed, who was jailed for 13 years in March after a trial the UN described as "vastly unfair".

Maldives police arrested 193 people including three opposition leaders after clashes broke out on Friday during protests over the jailing of former president Mohamed Nasheed, whose trial was condemned by foreign governments as having been deeply flawed.

Supporters of jailed former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed held an underwater protest on Saturday to push for the release of the tropical archipelago's first democratically elected leader, after he was sentenced to 13 years in prison last month.

The Maldives government today told its critics to respect a controversial decision to jail the honeymoon islands' first-ever democratically-elected president for 13 years amid a growing global backlash over the verdict.

The Maldives government on Tuesday defended the arrest of former leader Mohamed Nasheed on terrorism charges after both the United States and regional power India voiced concern.