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Description:
Naushad Waheed
(born December 15, 1962 in
Malé
) is a cartoonist and painter in the
Maldives
.He was detained by the government for four months following the publication of one of his cartoons in the magazine
Hukuru
in
1999
. In
2001
he was arrested for participating in debates critical of the government, tried for treason, and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was released on February 22, 2006. Naushad Waheed is also the brother of
Dr. Mohammed Waheed Hassan
, a former Member of Parliament, a leading political figure in the Maldives, and the Vice President of the Maldives. He was appointed as Deputy High Commissioner of Maldives to the UK in 2008 after the new government settled in to place.
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