HRCM submits report on its work in Rilwan's case, to parliament
The commission, via a press release, said that the report was submitted on Sunday
Suvaalu March
Human Rights Commission of Maldives (HRCM) has submitted a report on its work in missing journalist Ahmed Rilwan’s case, to the parliament administration.
The commission, via a press release, said that the report was submitted on Sunday.
HRCM added that it had attended the court proceedings in the case, and held discussions with the police and Prosecutor General Office regarding issues noticed in both the investigation and court verdict.
Last week, parliament's committee on human rights and gender decided to summon senior police officials, to determine if there was any negligence in his disappearance.
Rilwan was last seen purchasing a ticket to Hulhumalé at the ferry terminal in capital city Malé on August 8th, 2014.
Police confirmed Rilwan’s abduction two years later, in August 2016. It had revealed that one of the men caught trailing Rilwan on CCTV footage had been identified as Mohamed Suaid. He was arrested but released by the Criminal Court in November 2014.
Shortly after, he is to have left the Maldives for Syria with the brother of one of the suspects in the case, Aalif Rauf. Both are to have “died in battle.”
Aalif and Mohamed Nooradeen were charged in the case, but were acquitted last year citing “insufficient evidence.”
Delivering justice in Rilwan’s disappearance, and other such cases, is a high priority for the current administration, with President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih forming the Commission on Murders and Enforced Disappearances on his first day in office.
