Friday 10 July 2009

Maldives government is obliged to abolish flogging says Amnesty International
The recent news that an 18 year old girl fainted whilst being flogged in the Maldives has been an issue of serious controversy. A large portion of the public expressed their outrage over the case, especially with reports of more than 200 still waiting for their flogging sentence to be carried out. read & comment
 

Laamu Gan Police find two plastic cans filled with locally-brewed alcohol
Police in Laamu atoll Gan discovered two 20-litre plastic cans filled with what is suspected to be locally-brewed alcohol. According to the website of the Maldives Police Service, the two cans had been discovered by Police officers who had been patrolling the island after they received information that some people were trying incite violence in various areas of the island. read & comment

President proposes University and Clemency bills to the Parliament
President Mohamed Nasheed has proposed the Maldives National University Bill and Clemency Bill to the Parliament. The government proposed the Maldives National University Bill to the Parliament acknowledging the importance of setting-up a national university in the Maldives. read & comment

Former regime responsible for widespread use of alcohol – Islamic Minister
The government of former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who ruled Maldives for three decades, must assume the responsibility for the widespread use of alcohol in the country, Islamic Affairs minister Dr. Abdul Majeed Bari has accused. read & comment

Woman faints after 100 lashes, says judge
An 18-year-old woman was flogged in public outside the Justice Building and sentenced to a year of house arrest today for having extra-marital sex. read & comment


Climate Change: World's Top Security Challenge - President Nasheed
President Nasheed called on Commonwealth countries to unite to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, warning that climate change is the "greatest security and human rights challenge of the 21st Century." read & comment

World must rise to climate change challenge - President Nasheed
President Mohamed Nasheed warned UK-based journalists that world leaders must adequately respond to the looming climate change crisis. Speaking at a press conference at the World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment in Keble College, Oxford, on Sunday morning, the President cautioned that climate change is not only problem for the Maldives. read & comment

Maldives president Mohammed Nasheed demands action on climate change
Global warming should be seen not as an environmental crisis but as a human rights issue that risks the lives, livelihoods and homes of millions of people, the President of one of the countries that is most vulnerable to climate change said yesterday. more

Major drug dealer busted with heroine and more than 6 million in cash
Adam Naseer Abubakuru was arrested with more than 6 million Rufiyaa in cash earlier this week. According to Police, they have been keeping surveillance on the activities of some known drug dealers and they in fact have video evidence of Mr. Adam Naseer dealing in Addu, where he is married and settled. Adam Naseer Abubakuru was arrested with more than 6 million Rufiyaa in cash earlier this week. read & comment

Government stops giving cash prizes
The government has decided to stop giving cash prizes on any occasion, including competitions, exhibitions and other similar events. This decision was made at the cabinet meeting held on last Tuesday. read & comment

President to participate in CPA Conference and World Forum in UK

President Nasheed has, this morning, departed on a visit to the United Kingdom. Speaking to the media before his departure, the President said that a deeper integration of Maldives in the international arena is now needed. read & comment

Dealing with child abuse, drug trafficking, and corruption expediently, necessary for good governance
Dealing with child abuse, drug trafficking, and corruption expediently, necessary for good governance, says President Nasheed. Government announcements will be published only in the government gazette effective 1 September 2009. read & comment


How much will sea level rise?
… is the question people have been putting a lot of thought into since the IPCC AR4 report came out. We analysed what was in the report quite carefully at the time and pointed out that the allowance for dynamic ice sheet processes was very uncertain, and actually precluded setting a upper limit on what might be expected. The numbers that appeared in some headlines (up to 59 cm by 2100) did not take that uncertainty into account. read & comment

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