Maldives former president given refugee status by the UK

Q.  Which country’s former president has been granted refugee status by the UK in May 2016?
- Published on 24 May 16

a. Myanmar
b. Sri Lanka
c. Bangladesh
d. Maldives

ANSWER: Maldives
 
Former Maldives President Mohamad Nasheed, who was allowed to travel to London to seek medical treatment by the government of President Abdulla Yameen in January 2016, has been granted refugee status by the United Kingdom on 23rd May, 2016.
  • The former President – the first democratically elected head of state of the troubled island nation – was convicted and jailed in the Maldives in 2012 after a trial that attracted international criticism, including from the United Nations Group on Arbitrary Detention.

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