U.S., India concerned over 13-year jail sentence for Maldives' ex-president Nasheed


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  • Saturday, 14 Mar 2015

Opposition leader and former Maldives' President Mohamed Nasheed arrives at Mal'e City with police officers, for the first hearing of the trial held at Criminal Court in Male, in this file photo taken on February 23, 2015. REUTERS/Waheed Mohamed

MALE/COLOMBO (Reuters) - The United States, India and rights groups said on Saturday they were troubled by the trial of former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison after being found guilty of terrorism for ordering the arrest of a judge.

The verdict on Friday was the latest chapter in three turbulent years in the Indian Ocean archipelago.

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