Mohamed Nasheed Keneryge Male (b. May 17, 1967), commonly referred to in the Maldives as Anni, former Parliament member for Malé, is the chairman of the Maldivian Democratic Party and an outspoken critic of the Maldivian Dictator Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and his policies. Due to his criticism of the dictator, over the years he was arrested and sentenced several times.
Nasheed is a former journalist for the magazine 'Sangu' who has been detained in the past for criticising the government. www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/68824
Many top Maldives politicians and bureaucrats were eyewitnesses to the events which led to the imprisonment and exile of Mohamed Nasheed, a popular elected Malé member of the Majlis www.maldivesculture.com/maldives_majlis_byelection_2002.html
First Hearings of Nasheeds Sedition and Terrorism Trials By Minivan News August 29, 2005 The first hearings of Mohamed Nasheeds two trials were held this morning at the Criminal Court, Male. www.minivannews.com/news/news.php?id=1140
Nasheed, then an MP for Male, was convicted on the 8th November 2001, in a trial that lasted two hours, of theft of government property. www.minivannews.com/news/news.php?id=1301
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Mohamed Nasheed. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Nasheed