Afrasheem Ali

Afrasheem Ali (died 2 October 2012) was a Maldivian politician who was a member of the People's Majlis for the Progressive Party of Maldives representing Raa Atoll Ungoofaru Constituency, in the 17th sitting of the Maldives Parliament.

Education Ali went to the International Islamic University Malaysia and did his Doctor of Philosophy.

Career After completing his PhD, he returned to the Maldives in 2007 and joined the Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP).

The investigation into the death of Afrasheem was one of the largest scale operations carried out by the Maldives Police Service with regular press briefings. On 23 May 2013 Hussain Humam, a suspect apprehended related to the stabbing of Afrasheem, confessed to the murder, which he later retracted as he alleged he was coerced into doing so by then State Minister for Home Affairs Mohamed Fayaz. Humam was convicted, and sentenced to death. If it is carried out, his execution would be the first in over sixty years in the Maldives. Amnesty International reports that it has serious concerns about the trial and conviction. His execution was halted by a request of the United Nations Human Rights Committee.