Nasheed's trial

This refers to the report, "Amal Clooney to defend Nasheed" (April 12). If a court becomes a kangaroo court, it gets difficult to defend a person accused of wrongdoing.

The supporters of Nasheed held a novel underwater protest for release of their leader. One has to keep one's fingers crossed as to whether this novel protest will pay dividends.

A new outlook is needed - when we have the international court of arbitration for settling commercial disputes, we should also give more powers to the international criminal court to decide cases of jailed political leaders across the globe.

An interesting case is already there for the ICC to decide on: Palestinians' demand for release of full tax money owed to the state of Palestinians by Israel. Israel has agreed to release part payment of dues but Palestinians want full tax money.  

Deendayal M. Lulla
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