Maldives’ detained former prosecutor general Muhuthaaz Muhusin has reached out to authorities over the state’s failure to provide him with adequate medical attention.

Muhuthaaz’s family has filed cases with the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives, Home Ministry, National Integrity Commission, and the Maldives Medical Council.

The family’s allegations filed with the Human Rights Commission claims that the conditions the former prosecutor general is being kept is violates the Anti-Torture Act.

Muhuthaaz has long alleged that the state has been negligent in providing him with adequate medical care for a spinal condition.

Muhtuhaaz had previously sought treatment for it. The former prosecutor general was sentenced to 17 years in prison in June 2016, after the court found him guilty of forging a warrant for President Abdulla Yameen’s arrest.

In July 2017, he was admitted at ADK Hospital, to administer a steroid injection for a hip injury. He was admitted there in February 2017 as well.