Maldives Opposition Leader Charged in Protest

Maldives' prosecutor general charged an opposition leader Tuesday with inciting violence, a month after he was arrested during protests against the imprisonment of the islands' first democratically elected president. Sheikh Imran Abdulla, who heads the small but influential Islamic Adhaalath Party, was read his charges and told he would be held in detention until the end of his trial, a reporter permitted into the courtroom told Reuters. Imran and other leaders of main...

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