Ahmed Abbas’ Appeal Has Been Denied
Scroll down a bit in this article for depressing news that on Monday the appeals court in Male rejected cartoonist's Ahmed Abbas' attempt to have his conviction-in-absentia from last Fall overturned. Although the RSF article says "the police have never clearly stated what Abbas, who is currently held in Maafushi, is alleged to have done," I thought he was being held because of statements made to a newspaper.