article_snippet.sent: Nasheed, the Indian Ocean archipelago's first democratically elected leader who came to power in 2008, was convicted under tough anti-terror laws last month and sentenced to 13 years in prison.
article_snippet.sent: The case against the president, who was ousted in 2012 in what has been described by hs supporters as a coup, stemmed from the alleged wrongful detention of a judge by the Maldivian military.
article_snippet.sent: imprisoned former president of Maldives Mohamed Nasheedhas sparked international concern for the fledgling island democracy after local and foreign human rights activists said imprisoned former president of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed's imprisonment was politically motivated.
article_snippet.sent: Amnesty International panned the release of imprisoned former president of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed,' and said the verdict was a 'travesty of justice,' according to a press release put out by the National Press Club Thursday.
article_snippet.sent: Mohamed Nasheed came to power after building a pro-democracy movement with local and foreign support in opposition to the 30-year autocratic rule of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the half-brother of Abdulla Yameen .