A Commonwealth-backed probe has rejected the contention of former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed that he was ousted in a coup. Nasheed is now being charged for ordering the arrest of a judge appointed by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who ruled the Maldives for 30 years before Nasheed became its first democratically elected president in 2008. Nasheed was ousted earlier this year in what he has described as a coup at gunpoint by Gayoom’s supporters. On Thursday, the Commission of National Inquiry in the Maldives concluded Nasheed had resigned voluntarily. Supporters of Nasheed immediately took to the streets to condemn the finding. Nasheed is well known internationally for his activism around the issue of global warming, which he says threatens the survival of his small island country.