President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Nasheed" id="mwATw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mohamed Nasheed">Mohamed Nasheed</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives" id="mwAT0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Maldives">Republic of Maldives</a> resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of the Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.