The Criminal Court has added a further ten days on activist Thayyib Shaheem’s remand sentence. 

The previous 15-day remand ended on Friday. 

The ‘prisoner of conscience’, as deemed by Amnesty International, was arrested on March 18, on allegations of spreading'false information' through his accounts on various social media platforms.

RaajjeMV had then received credible information that he was arrested regarding an audio clip he allegedly leaked online, of the ruling party’s parliamentary leader.

Amnesty International has further called on its ‘Urgent Action Network’ to pressure authorities towards his release. 

Although there have also been allegations that he was being kept in squalid conditions, the police have assured that Shaheem's detentions meets 'international' standards.