Monday 22 August 2005

Local News

Prominent Reformist and MDP Member KD arrested today
Male' - Confirmed reports say that Ibrahim Didi, popularly known as KD, has been arrested by Gayoom's police today at 13:30. KD is also a prominent businessman and an active member of MDP. He is also a Director of Maldives National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MNCCI). He is also a business partner of Gasim Ibrahim, who was appointed by Gayyoom as his Finance Minister last week.
KD's arrest is not related to the recent events in Male' but regarding an argument he had with a cabinet minister, said his associates.

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Minivan News
Mohamed Nasheed (Anni) Charged with Terrorism
TVM and Voice of Maldives, the state-run media in Maldives, has announced that the Chairperson of Maldivian Democratic Party, Mohamed Nasheed (Anni), is to be charged for terrorism and inciting violence. more 

Eyewitness Account
The protests were peaceful, people are genuinely calling for the release of political prisoners
Following the arrest of Mohamed Nasheed, the MDP chairman and a few other council members, peaceful protests have taken place all around the Maldives and especially in Male'. People are genuinely gathering and calling for the release of the political prisoners as well as the resignation of President Gayyoom and chief of police Adam Zahir. more

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Sunday 21 August 2005

Breaking News

Zadhee arrested again and many families are facing financial hardship

Male' - Confirmed reports say that Zadhee from Addu Atoll Feydhoo Island has be arrested again this afternoon around 3 o'clock near Dive Gear Shop in Chaandhanee Magu. An eyewitness said that around 10 military personnel (Star Force) came to apprehend him . Zaadhee and several reformists were kidnapped by Gayyoom and secretly flown from Addu to Male' last week. more

Special Report
The Story of Ali Naz Saleem - The prize of confronting Gayyoom

When I woke up I found the two needle marks on my right hand bicep side. And then when I tried to get up, I felt pain in my anal opening. My anal opening bled when I tried to go to toilet. Nothing like this ever happened to me in my whole life before ever. I remembered that I was raped while I was half conscious by the police. There was the commissioner of police Adam Zahir and Staff Sergeant Ali Ahmed when I was raped. more

 AFP News
Maldives democracy activists accuse government of stepping up crackdown
COLOMBO (AFP) - The main opposition in the exotic tourist paradise of the Maldives accused the government of stepping up arrests as a rights group demanded the immediate release of a leading dissident.  more

Asia Tribune
Joint Private and Public Sectors important for Tourism
Colombo, 21 August, (Asiantribune.com): In a joint communique' by the Tourism Ministers made at the recently concluded South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Tourism Cooperation summit in Colombo emphasized the importance of the public and private sector partnership and said that it is essential for the development of tourism as envisaged. more
 

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Saturday 20 August 2005

Editorial

Are we going to remember Evan Naseem this September?
On 19th September 2003, a young man, Evan Naseem was brutally murdered by Gayyoom's security forces. He was brutally beaten to death by more than 12 policeman allegedly for disobeying orders and hitting a policeman with a piece of wood. The policeman he hit was the best setter of their volleyball team and revenge had to be taken. more

News in brief
Underground News from NSS and Police - Injured detainees are kept in Club Med Resort

This inside news brief is compiled from information sent by NSS and Police staff to Dhivehi Observer. Due to the secrecy with which Gayyoom operates these days, it is very difficult to verify these news. However, we are trying to obtain pictures of any such scenes if at all possible. The informants are risking their lives to provide us with these news. We have not heard much about injuries suffered by police and NSS but it is highly unlikely as the clashes were quite violent and Yameen's militia (Paateys) were instructed to inflict as much damage on the police as possible to muster international support. more

MaldivianDetainees.Net Update
Actions taken by families of detainees
Shuaib Ali - Wife of detainee reported she had rescheduled her appointment with the National Human Rights Commission as her younger daughter had been hospitalized. Wife of detainee reported she is not coping with her daughter in hospital and husband in detention for an unknown length of time. more

Haveeru Online
National airline to be made in collaboration with successful foreign company
MALE, Aug 18 (HNS) ? The Civil Aviations Minister has said on Tuesday that a national airline is going to be made and that they are holding discussions with interested parties to make the airline a joint venture with a successful foreign airline company. more

Press Release
More trouble in paradise: Maldivian Government arrests pro-democracy campaigners
UK-based humans rights campaigners Friends of Maldives (FOM) have expressed alarm and deep concern following a recent government crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners in the tiny archipelago in the Indian Ocean. more

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Friday 19 August 2005

ACHR PRESS RELEASE
Over 350 political activists arrested in Maldives - India and UN urged to intervene
New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights today urged the government of India and the United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan to intervene with the government of Maldives for the release of Chairperson of the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, Mohamed Nasheed and over 150 other political detainees arrested since 12 August 2005. Nasheed was arrested while holding a silent protest in commemoration of the anniversary of the brutal crackdown on the pro-democracy supporters on 12 August 2004. His health condition has been deteriorating since he started hunger strike on 16 August 2005 for the release of the political detainees. more

AFP News
Maldives appoints key dissident as finance minister
COLOMBO, Aug 19 (AFP) - The Maldives has named one of its top dissidents as the country's new finance minister amid sweeping political reforms in the South Asian archipelago, an official said Friday.
more

ABC News Australia
Maldives authorities accused of heavy-handed tactics PRINT FRIENDLY EMAIL STORY
The world's eye does not often turn on the Maldives. Apart from the tsunami which devastated the country after Christmas, the Maldives in recent years have been known as little more than an exotic holiday destination. But this week the country's people have more to put up with than just recovering from the tidal wave which swamped many of their islands. Authorities there have been accused of a heavy-handed crackdown on the opposition, after thousands of demonstrators were baton charged and tear gassed in the capital, Male, for demanding constitutional reform. more

Local News Update

Detainees Conditions Update - Hunger Strike called off - Raaidh still very ill and some releases
Dhoonidhoo Prison – Sources have confirmed that the hunger strike that began day before yesterday was in fact to do with the detainees not being allowed out of their cell at all. The authorities have since agreed to their terms and the strike has been called off. Detainees are believed to be in very good spirit and they now have a ritual to call for Gayyoom's resignation after every meal.

Mr. Raaidh, who worked as aide to Male' MP Ibrahim Ismail was reported to have been very badly beaten up by the mob prior to his arrest by Police. He was also beaten by police says sources in Dhoonidhoo Prison. He was amongst the detainees of Black Friday 2004 as well. "Raaidh is still very ill" said the source.

Also confirmed sources say that Abdul Majid (Le Cute) and Hassan Zahir (Rado) were released late last night without any charges.

Press Release 05/43 
Maldives: ICRC visits persons detained following recent disturbances
Geneva (ICRC) – Delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have started visits to persons detained following disturbances that occurred in the Maldives’ capital, Male, on 12 and 13 August. more

Press Release - Asian Development Bank
ADB to Help Boost Environmental Management of the Maldives in Tsunami Aftermath
ADB will help develop a program to boost environmental management in the Maldives following the December 2004 tsunami disaster, through a technical assistance (TA) grant approved of US$400,000. more

Editorial
Heroes of our generation
These are testing times for our small nation. Hundreds of innocent Maldivians are being tortured in prison by the Dictator, who is unwilling to step-down despite the fact that the vast majority of the Maldivian people are fed up with his oppressive rule and want him to resign. more

Review

Is Qasim endorsing oppression?
There is no doubt that the appointment of Qasim Ibrahim to the post of Finance Minister was a shock to many of us who have been struggling to rid this country of Gayyoom dictatorship. That shock was however not as big as the shock they got Qasim accepting the appointment because he has been seen as a man who has his heart in the right place, a man who worked hard to bring justice and democracy to the country. more

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