. >>> to the maldives. police arrested three opposition leaders and 192 others after an anti-government protest turned violence. demonstrators demanded the resignation of a president, and the release of former president who has been gaoled. the government is accused the organizers of the protest to topple the government. former president was sentenced to 13 years in prison which the u.n. says was arbitrary and disproportionate. we can speak to a person joining us via skype. he was minister of state in the former president's government. thank you for talking to us here at al jazeera. the government is claiming ta you, the opposition is orchestrating the protests is that true? >> the opposition has been out on the street since the arrest of former president. and as you have mentioned, the united nations - many of the organizations, and the trial was not free and fair. therefore, it is the beauty of the opposition to voice out and tell the counter regime that this sort of injustice cannot be tolerated any more

a maldives court sentenced nasheed to 13 years in prison last month on charges of illegally ordering the arrest of a judge while he was still president. the judge was appointed by his predecessor, maumoon abdul gayoom, who ruled the maldives for 30 years before nasheed became its first democratically elected president in 2008. nasheed's attorney, amal clooney, and his wife, laila ali, spoke out in washington. >> we're here to brief them fully on the case and a highlight the role that we believe the u.s. government can play in advancing justice. he must be told to free the former president. >> i'm very worried, really worried about his health and safety. but my husband remains strong and resolute. he is determined to fight this injustice until his last breath. i am in washington today to seek the support of the united states india, the u.k., eu, and all freedom loving countries. i want these nations to urge the government of the maldives to release my husband from prison immediately. amy: nasheed became famous in 2009 for holding a cabinet meeting underwater to draw attention to the t

the area is close to the city of aleppo >>> police in the maldives arrested three opposition leaders and 192 others after an anti-government protest turned violently. demonstrators demanded the resignation of the president and the release of gaoled former president. the government accused the organizers of trying to topple it by promoting violence. the former president was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment in march. the ruling party says it was arbitrary and disproportionate says the u.n. >>> john kerry is the first diplomat to visit in a decade praising sri lanka's effort to diplomatic reform. the previous sri lankan government faced condemnation over war crimes. rights activists say the u.s. shouldn't press for a war crimes entirery. >> over weather warnings in eastern australia. five motorists killed when vehicles were washed away. a 6-year-old died after being swept away by heavy seas. brisbane was drenched making roads impassable cutting off power to many homes. >>> it's the last weekend ever campaigning in the u.k. before the general election on thursday. scotland is predict t

one day, he was vacationing in the maldives, the next day, he was in jail in seattle weight -- awaiting trial. we successfully expedited another hacker who traveled to the netherlands and was arrested by our partners in the netherlands. he was part of a group that was responsible for data breaches a retail stores. where more than 160 million credit cards identifying information was stolen. in just the last year, we extradited about a dozen very high levels i will criminals from all over the world. including people like the ones or just mentioned, who were from countries that we had no reason to expect we would ever get them unless they traveled. these people do travel, they are making a lot of money selling these things on the internet. it's a long winter in russia, i don't mean to single out russia. [laughter] ms. caldwell: there are a lot of countries that we do have extradition treaties with and that we collaborate with. that's going to grow, because we are not the only victims of cybercrime. all the countries are victims of cybercrime. i think the international cooperation is just g

. >> now, police in the maldives arrested three opposition leaders and 192 others after an anti-government protest turned violent. demonstrators are demanding the release of the president and former president. the government accused it of trying to topple it. the former president was sentenced to 13 years in prison in march. the u.n. says the ruling was arbitrary and disproportionate. a former minister and senior member of an opposition party says the government should hold talks with the opposition, instead of using force. >> security forces and the public - there were clashes, but nothing of anything serious. but if you look at the way the police have dealt with the general public it's undue force applied on the people. people have been injured. i do note police officers got into the crowd, after they have charged - charged at high speed into the crowd. two of them got some level of injury. there's no reason to claim a violent protest. all towards the last two months they asked the government to sit and talk to us. >> we are the political party, but we are three, and they cannot be disre

police in maldives arrested leaders and 192 others after anti-government protests turned violent andease of the president and government accused organizers provoking violence and sentenced to 13 years in prison in march. the u.n. says the ruling was arbitrary and disproportionate. in burundi protesters calling for a halt to demonstrations for two days of mourning two people and three police killed in a grenade attack after anti-government prozests and this is in the capitol where they burned tires and marched in the streets and protesters angry that the president is seeking a third term in office. severe weather warnings remain in effect in eastern australia. at least five motorists were killed when they vehicles were washed away in floods. a six-year-old died after being swept away by heavy seas off the coast of cleveland. the city was also drenched making many roads impossible and cutting off power to homes. still ahead on al jazeera, ahead of boxing biggest night we ask if the sport itself could be on the ropes thanks to a hard hitting rival. ♪ ♪ central ashun artists rarely recei

washington on thursday working on behalf of her latest client trying to win the release of former maldives press mohamed nasheed. he was sentenced to 13 years in prison on terrorism charges. clooney said the former president's conviction was politically motivated and called his trial a sham. she has also filed a legal complaint with the u.n. >> something of a mystery to tell you about playing out at a church in charlotte, north carolina that started last sunday. >> an envelope was put in the church's donation plate. it said don't be mad. i don't have mad. i'm hopeless god bless. >> included in the note was 18 cents. the pastor wants that person to know no one is mad at him or her. he says the donation really touched their hearts. now, i'm sorry, go ahead. >> i was just going to say they do this muffin breakfast line thing. they believe that it's possibly one of the homeless guys who participates in that breakfast. >> but it embraces that spirit of someone who fees moved to give what they can to help a place that really helps everybody. so kudos to that man or woman who really gave what the

i spoke to delegates from the maldives and peru, two smaller countries which very much in a fit of thedder strategy. he has done so much for football around the world and small countries and whether the vote goes ahead as mark said -- mark: set latter -- sepp blatter has not been implicated or charged but scandal have surrounded fifa, even that first election in 1998. allegations of vote buying, is it possible that this time he will be affected by these allegations. this seems to be the most serious instances in his tenure. >> up until now he has been the teflon football chief but another question people would be asking this morning is if the attorney general is pulling in 10 people to ask about allegations of vote rigging how can you not ask the man in charge to also answer questions. as we understand he was not one of 10 arrested and called in for questioning but one would hope that at least the swiss attorney general would be asking hard questions of the man himself. francine: when we listen to you and mark and yourselves, this case is different. and now there are also investigation

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