Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney leaves the Maafushi Prison in Maafushi, some 27 km from the capital Male. (AFP)
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney attended a court hearing September 10 in the Maldives where state prosecutors have done a U-turn to appeal the conviction of former president Mohamed Nasheed. (AFP)
Clooney was at the Maldivian High Court along with Nasheed who is serving a 13-year jail term after a rushed trial that found him guilty of "terrorism." (AFP)
The charge relates to the ordering of the arrest of an allegedly corrupt judge when Nasheed was still president in 2012. (AFP)
Clooney speaks as co-counsel Jared Genser looks on at a press conference at the Kurumba Maldives. (AFP)
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Amal Clooney arrives at the Maldives High Court. (AFP)
Amal at the Maldives High Court for the preliminary hearing of former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed's appeal case in Male. (AFP)
Amal Clooney arrives to meet with Attorney General Mohamed Anil at Velaanaage Attorney Generals Office in Male. (AP)