Ahmed Shaheed
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Prior to his appointment as a UN envoy with the rank of Assistant Secretary General, he was a Maldivian politician and human rights defender. He served as Maldivian Minister of Foreign Affairs from November 2008 to December 2010; previously, he had served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for two years, from 14 July 2005 until August 20, 2007.
In March 2014, while he was United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran refused him entry to the country and declared him to be an agent of both the CIA and Israel.
On 13 June 2016, Shaheed was nominated by the Consultative Group of Ambassadors comprising Albania, Brazil, Egypt, France and Thailand, as the most suitable candidate to be appointed by the President of the Human Rights Council for the post of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, to succeed Professor Heiner Bielefeldt of Germany. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by Moosa Hussain, Mohamed Ali, Mohamed Ismail, Mohame Soliman, Milza Muhsin, Aminath Nazeer, Maeesha Solih, Aminath Arifa, Ali Latheef, Ahmed Ziyan, Ahmed Shaheed, Nazla Luthfee, Nazla Rafeeq, Aishath Shifaly, Sheena MoosaGet full text
Published 2020-01-01
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