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Remarks by Mohamed Nasheed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2022

Mohamed Nasheed*
Affiliation:
Former President of the Maldives.

Extract

Unlike most of you, I hope, I have spent quite a lot of time in jail. This is not because I am a criminal, even though those who jailed me have called me a terrorist and worse. It is because I am a campaigner for democracy. I believe everyone has a right to vote and to be represented by a government they choose as free citizens. For that I have spent many years behind bars.

Type
Protecting People in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The American Society of International Law.

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