93. 工作组认为，Mahloof 先生被传唤受讯和因参与反腐集会而被捕等事件，加上作为本案核心的两起刑事指控，非常清楚地说明了当局对 Mahloof 先生的态度。他的政治观点显然是本案的核心问题。工作组无法不注意到，当局已对Mahloof 先生流露出某种态度，而这种态度只能被描述为歧视性态度。在得出上述结论时，工作组特别注意到，Mahloof 先生是议会的民选成员――这是一个必然会受到尊重的职位。判定他犯有的所有罪行均与其表达政治观点直接相关，而他在被捕和传唤受讯方面与警方的所有互动也与其政治观点直接相关。他被判处的两个监狱刑期使其离被禁止参与即将举行的选举只有咫尺之遥。工作组意识到，这不是工作组审议过的涉及表达与执政政权相左意见的马尔代夫人的首例案件。6
93. The Working Group considers that the instances of Mr. Mahloof being summoned for questioning and arrested for participation in the anti-corruption rally, coupled with the two criminal charges that lie at the heart of the present case, are very indicative of the attitude of the authorities towards Mr. Mahloof. His political views are clearly at the centre of the present case and the Working Group cannot help but notice that the authorities have displayed an attitude towards Mr. Mahloof, which can only be characterized as discriminatory. In reaching that conclusion, the Working Group takes special note that Mr. Mahloof is an elected member of the parliament, a position which necessarily attracts respect. All of his convictions are directly linked to his expression of his political views and all his interactions with the police in terms of being arrested and summoned for questioning have also been directly linked to his political views. The two prison terms to which he has been sentenced bring him very close to being barred from standing in the forthcoming elections. The Working Group is mindful that this is not the first case it has considered that has involved persons in Maldives who have expressed views that are different to those of the governing political establishment.6