The Criminal Court has extended the remand of Dr. Shazra Ibrahim, 36 and Aishath Shadiya, 47 by five days in connection with the investigation of their anti-Israel protests outside embassies in Male'.
Police said the two women were arrested with a court order for repeatedly protesting near diplomatic missions in violation of the Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Act, acting in a manner that disturbs an ambassador and obstructing police duty.
They were detained on August 28 and remanded in custody for three days. They were produced before the Criminal Court today and their detention was extended by five more days.
Police did not name the ambassador they had allegedly harassed or the diplomatic missions that had been disturbed because of their protest.
Meanwhile, the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) and Adhaalath Party (AP) have condemned the police and called for their release.
The two women were staging daily protests outside the UK embassy, German embassy, UN office and the residences of the British and Saudi ambassadors against the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza.
