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Husnu Al Suood
Husnu Al Suood (Dhivehi: ޙުސްނުއްސުޢޫދު; born 12 January 1967) is a Maldivian lawyer and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the Maldives from 2019 to 2025. He was the Attorney General of the Maldives from June 2009 to August 2010. He served as the Chief Judge of the Civil Court (1997 - 1999) and as a member of the Judicial Service Commission of Maldives (2008 to 2010). He also served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission of the Maldives from 2003 to 2005. As a member of the Special Majlis, Suood participated in drafting the current constitution of the Republic of Maldives.
Suood was born on 12 January 1967 in Meedhoo. He has a Master of Laws from the University of Queensland, and a Bachelor of Laws from the International Islamic University Malaysia.
Political parties have been banned in the Maldives since 1953. The President appointed eight out of the fifty seats in the parliament and also the speaker. The President also acted as the court of final appeal. Media was put under state control. After more than 25 years of absolute dictatorship and iron fist rule, Gayoom was forced to announce a reform package in 2004, as a result of growing opposition locally coupled with international pressure.
Since 2001, Suood was at the forefront of the democracy movement that later evolved into the major opposition to Gayyoom's lengthy rule.
In February 2001, Mohamed Nasheed, Hussain Rasheed Hassan and Husnu Al Suood took the initiative to register a political party in the Maldives. The initiative was later supported by 42 members who subscribed to the formation of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP). As the registration papers submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs had to be compiled clandestinely, Suood had to name the party and write down its principles and ideology on his own and without any consultation. Although the Maldivian Constitution allows political parties to operate, the MDP's application was refused. After the death of Evan Naseem in 2003 and the violent subsequent street protests, Mohamed Nasheed and Mohamed Latheef declared the existence of MDP in exile from Sri Lanka on November 10, 2003. Members of MDP's first general council were elected on February 13, 2004.
Although MDP was not recognized by the Maldivian government, it began operating in Maldives on April 30, 2005.
On June 2, 2005, the members of the People's Majlis unanimously voted to legally recognize political parties. The MDP subsequently submitted its registration on June 26, 2005 becoming the first political party to be registered in the Republic of Maldives since 1953.
On 13 August 2004, while Suood was a member of the National Human Rights Commission, he was arrested and held in solitary confinement in the notorious Dhoonidhoo prison for 81 days, without access to a lawyer.
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Husnu Al Suood
Husnu Al Suood (Dhivehi: ޙުސްނުއްސުޢޫދު; born 12 January 1967) is a Maldivian lawyer and former Justice of the Supreme Court of the Maldives from 2019 to 2025. He was the Attorney General of the Maldives from June 2009 to August 2010. He served as the Chief Judge of the Civil Court (1997 - 1999) and as a member of the Judicial Service Commission of Maldives (2008 to 2010). He also served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission of the Maldives from 2003 to 2005. As a member of the Special Majlis, Suood participated in drafting the current constitution of the Republic of Maldives.
Suood was born on 12 January 1967 in Meedhoo. He has a Master of Laws from the University of Queensland, and a Bachelor of Laws from the International Islamic University Malaysia.
Political parties have been banned in the Maldives since 1953. The President appointed eight out of the fifty seats in the parliament and also the speaker. The President also acted as the court of final appeal. Media was put under state control. After more than 25 years of absolute dictatorship and iron fist rule, Gayoom was forced to announce a reform package in 2004, as a result of growing opposition locally coupled with international pressure.
Since 2001, Suood was at the forefront of the democracy movement that later evolved into the major opposition to Gayyoom's lengthy rule.
In February 2001, Mohamed Nasheed, Hussain Rasheed Hassan and Husnu Al Suood took the initiative to register a political party in the Maldives. The initiative was later supported by 42 members who subscribed to the formation of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP). As the registration papers submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs had to be compiled clandestinely, Suood had to name the party and write down its principles and ideology on his own and without any consultation. Although the Maldivian Constitution allows political parties to operate, the MDP's application was refused. After the death of Evan Naseem in 2003 and the violent subsequent street protests, Mohamed Nasheed and Mohamed Latheef declared the existence of MDP in exile from Sri Lanka on November 10, 2003. Members of MDP's first general council were elected on February 13, 2004.
Although MDP was not recognized by the Maldivian government, it began operating in Maldives on April 30, 2005.
On June 2, 2005, the members of the People's Majlis unanimously voted to legally recognize political parties. The MDP subsequently submitted its registration on June 26, 2005 becoming the first political party to be registered in the Republic of Maldives since 1953.
On 13 August 2004, while Suood was a member of the National Human Rights Commission, he was arrested and held in solitary confinement in the notorious Dhoonidhoo prison for 81 days, without access to a lawyer.