Tuesday - 28 February 2006

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Minivan News
Ibra to Propose Campaign of Full-Scale Civil Disobedience to MDP National Assembly
Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) President Ibrahim Ismail (Ibra) will propose in Tuesday’s meeting of the MDP National Assembly a resolution calling for the opposition party's long-threatened campaign of civil disobedience to commence. more

 

 

 

Special Report
Gayyoom's Double Agent Abdulla Shahid canvassing in Colombo whilst MDP delegation brief foreign representatives there

Confirmed reports say that Gayyoom's former boy and now the State Minister for Foreign Affairs is canvassing all over Colombo, visiting foreign representatives based there in an attempt to muster support for the falling dictator. A senior MDP delegation is also currently in Colombo meeting with foreign representatives to brief them about the developments in the Maldives. more

 

 

urwbwK
ulwj egIruk) ukinwm cmihWrcbia IDEl wlwkcaea
iawgulwj (urwTckepcscnia unuLua cnwTcawhwlwb
ifcSokudcnwb

 

 

 

Maldives First
Constitutional Assembly session aborted again due loss of quorum, MP queries whether chair "mulling over mother"
The Constitutional Assembly (Peoples Special Majlis) was called off a fifth consecutive time February 28th due to a loss of quorum, press reports from Male' said. more

 

 

Local News
Today's constitutional assembly meeting came to an abrupt end in an hour
Male' - The sudden meeting of the constitutional assembly held today after unlawfully remove 2 key items from the agreed official agenda; more specifically the debate about removal of unelected MP and how to ascend passed amendment without Gayyoom's approval as is the case now. This news spread through Male' last night and tension was quite high amongst reformists.

Today's meeting however came to an abrupt end when some of Gayyoom's members walked out of the Majlis after MDP member Shafeeg addressed the leader of the house in normal everyday language in rage. "For Gayyoom all this meetings and assembly is nothing but a show down. For him it is the language standard spoken in the meetings that matter nor the substance of the work done or the importance of it all," said a political analyst.

 

 

Minivan News
British Lords Express Concern over Lack of Freedom of Expression, Association or Fair Trial Provisions in Maldives
The British government has expressed concern over the lack of fundamental freedoms in Maldives, following questions from concerned peers in the House of Lords. more 

 

 

Minivan News

Special Majlis Speaker Unilaterally Removes Unelected Appointees Debate from Agenda Enraging Opposition MPs
Political tensions in the country look set to rise following the decision yesterday by the Speaker of the Special Majlis, Abbas Ibrahim, to unilaterally remove an MDP-sponsored debate from the constituent assembly's agenda. more

 

 

Local News Update
Change of plan; Golhaabo is in Faafu Atoll
Male' - Sources in Faafu Atoll reported that Golhaabo has in fact opted to visit the Atoll rather than going to Singapore for shopping. Why the sudden change is unclear but the trip is still on the card said an aide.
Gayyoom always leaves to abroad when tension is high in Male'. Constitutional issue debates and meetings of the assembly are set to heat up and many are talking of a mass demonstration to oust the regime itself.

 

 

Breaking News
Gayyoom leaves to Singapore via Colombo amidst political upheaval in Maldives
Sources in Male' have confirmed that Dictator Gayyoom is scheduled to leave to Singapore via Colombo in the early hours of today. There were rumours earlier that he will fly on the usual Singapore route but tried to deceive the public and spread the news that he was going to Faafu Atoll for celebration of the Youth Day in Nilandhoo.
"After deciding to withdraw the item of discussing about removing his members from the constitutional assembly, he has decided to take safe haven back to his favourite shopping destination, Singapore" said a political analyst in Maldives. Gayyoom is running scared. 

 

 

  (cSwCcawm cnurwhwa 21)WmWnutwsurwk egumIawz
 .....................uPemuDOr iaWa umIawz

 

 

 

 

 

 

Editorial

Simply Not True, Sweeping Reform and the Road Map

Let us recap on what is happening in our country. Gayyoom came to power in 1978 amidst a controversial power shifting arrangement manipulated by a few in powerful posts at the time. However, we all know that it was a setup and it was not the will of the people. We also know that Gayyoom and his associates were in possession of illegal firearms at the time he took oath of office, which renders his whole reign illegitimate. However, it was the beginning of an almost 3 decade old dictatorship, characterised by total oppression and marred in nepotism and corruption. more

 

 

WHO Statement
Avian Influenza and Food Safety Statement by Dr. Lee Jong-wook, WHO Director General
Since the beginning of February 2006, the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus has spread to affect wild or domestic birds in 17 new countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The World Health Organization reconfirms that, when poultry products are safely handled and properly cooked, humans are not at risk of acquiring H5N1 infection through food. more

 

 

WawjWrum urWkurwsWLog
egudUdcnumcaob iaWa iaWdIxwn iTcauk
cnwkurwTcsinim cnwxEmofcnia :uDnwgcnuLOk
?WbenWfwgcawl cSwaudUdcnumcaob

ޚަބަރު
ފުވައްމުލަކުން  ގޮޮޅާބޯ ފޭބުމަށް ގޮވާލައިފި

 

cniaeret egukwtWhufws

cawtWyinwa csevWkcaenwa iawgulwj iSufWm
ifiawSwf  
 

 

 

caeaIhea eg r10,000 cnia cnobWrcTcsea
cSwDcnwf egIpIDcmea
 

 

 

eguhIlijwm wscaWh Wviawfihejwmwh cSwmuvcaEbeycaia"
"cSwfWlihWdiawvwg InwviawfcSokclwscnek Wsclwj
IpIDcmea
 

 

ifiawlcSokUd cnIdiawg WDotWmcserwf
 

 

 

 

WTcnwrwk WviawfId cSwaIrOyif cnUTEr egOkcleTcs"
"cnutiycawr InWgcnih csIfoauSwr ,wmwnifeLuk
ifog IrOyif egIPIDcmea
 

iferen caeaWlcawjwm urwbwhOr
 

 

 

cSwmulWvog egcnutiycawr ElWmuLuh cniaIsIsITcmea
cnidun caeawbWjia

Inwdcnumwvcswl WvuLuhun cnIdcaulWlwjcludijcswm
caekwtWdiawf uriaWjWn IdWsitcgia cnegEa
cnegevcnwgwn
 

 

Monday - 27 February 2006

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urwbwK eguhwf
EhebWmurukurEb cnurwbcnem egWnEa cSwtogWvcnunEb ObWLog
uhwf cSwmurukinua cniaWsclwj eguhIlujwm wscaWK WdcaWm
OyInwvcaWb caeaWsclwj WmwdWm
 

cnWywbcsUn
caeaWsclwj eguhIlujwm wscaWK egcnutiycawr
cnudea cSwmuvcaEb

 

 

Minivan News
Former Amnesty Prisoner of Conscience to Devote life to Toppling "The Animal" Gayoom
Former Prisoner of Conscience Naushad Waheed has declared that instead of spending energy on painting activities, he would be concentrating his future efforts on toppling President Gayoom. more

 

 

 

 

Minivan News
Special Majlis Cancelled Again – Speaker Refuses MDP Members Entry
Sunday's session of the Special Majlis was cancelled for the forth time in a row, as MPs loyal to President Gayoom’s Dhivehi Raiyyithunge Party (DRP) continued to boycott the assembly over a scheduled debate on the future of the president's unelected appointees. more

 

 

 

Detainees Network Update
Actions taken by families of detainees in Maldives
Hursheed Ali's daughter reported the police arrested detainee on 23 February 2006 near the Parliament House from a peaceful demonstration. Daughter of detainee reported an acquaintance of detainee informed her that the police dragged the detainee to a police vehicle and transported him to Male’ police headquarters. Wife of detainee reported the police released detainee without charge after detaining him for approximately fifteen hours. Wife of detainee reported the police informed him to obtain permission from the detaining authorities before travelling out of Male'. more 

 

WawjWrum ugwmcswb
,evulwdwb ''cSwkwnWfukinwm'' WhIm IkeaWmwk urwTcsinim
cniawvuruhwb uLufEb csevcnirevukea ctWgemcnea
Ikwrcais egumwkim .eveaevurUbujwm cnwrukubwtWKum
?Wbok Ikwlwkcawrun idwa

 

cTOPir wscaWK
cnurukutWfwt egcnisEdib Wncnufwzcawaum ihevid
csuviDclOm cTOsir cscnwzIsOf WviawfiawlcnuLok
....utwlWh egcTOsir ea iaWtwgIgwh egWruhwDuk

 
 ކަރާޝިބް މުރާޖައާ
އެސް.ޓީ.އޯ އާއި އިންފޯޓެކް މިއީވެސް ބިޒްނަސް ޕާޓްނަރުންބާ؟ ނޫނީ މިއީވެސް ހަމަ އެސް.ޓީ.އޯ އާއި ޙިއްސާވެގެން އުފެދިފަވާ ކުޑަކުޑަ ޅަ ކުންފުންޏެއް ބާއެވެ

 

cniaeret egukwtWhufws

 cnubwbws egunWywb csUn egurWkurws"
caefwrcawswt csevwDuk cSwaIswrckomiD
Ikwz - "ejcaevwmWh cnwkcten


cnuhOfWLog iawguaWfid egIligwned
ifiawlWvurwaEh cSwkwjcaukwDuk
 

 

cSwmuvcaEb caeaWsclwj csilujwm wscaWK
ifiawvcauLwhwSuh cnurwbcnem
 

cnumWgwm csIawr eguhIlijwm WdwhunUnWg
csIawr egWriaWd .dg cSwmunidWfuaitcsia
ifiawvcawlWvog
 

 

egumurukcviawD cnuhIm wnigemcnea Wrwhwfcaea
ifiawrugum iawgEjcaWr cDOker
 

 

cSwmwkcnUn caeaIswrckomiD Itoaim iawgEjcaWr
ifcnegiawDwv evcswbcaea urihWz WnIs
 

 

emukun csOfWTcs egcnudwr unIdcauscmwx"
csOfWLog egunUmuawm cnehilWLwt egWCIgwb
caemwkim cswailWLwt egWCIgwb emukun
cbWhix - "enETcauhun

udemWmwkivuLWdiv Ekea "WzWnwj egIpIDcmea"
ifiawvcawrukurWkcnia udIhwx .rD

 

 

Sunday - 26 February 2006

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Fund Raising News
ASTRABON gives the Fund for Democracy Activist Detainees Mrf 10,000/-
Male' - A fund was launched on 23rd February at the MDP's general meeting to raise money to help democracy activists who are illegally detained by the Dictator Gayyoom as part of his on going policy of oppression, harassment and torture. Eight activists were arrested last week in relation to a protest staged outside the parliament in Male'.

On the night of the launching of the fund, over 15,000 were raised and with the generous donation from ASTRABON, the total is now almost 30,000. Daily final figures will be published on MDP site, sources said.

Mr. Yousuf Riffath, the Chairman and Managing Director of Capital Group of Companies, which owns and manages ASTRABON (the leading wholesaler and retailer for resort supplies specialised in kitchen appliances, utensils and cutleries www.astrabon.net ) said that he is always "happy to participate in a good cause".

If you wish to donate, please get in touch with MDP.

 

 

 

Maldives First
Sinhala daily publishes former policeman’s account of torture in Maldives
Darkness is falling everywhere. The shadows falling into the open space of the restaurant is deeper. We are sitting at a table in an extreme corner. I am looking at his somewhat familiar and weary face without a slightest indication that he is a foreigner. His face is bruised, disfigured and swollen. It still had some bandages over wounds still to heal which is a clear indication of a catastrophe. more

 

 

 

Detainees Network Update
Actions taken by families of detainees in Maldives
Imran Zahir (Bakury)'s guardian reported that the police arrested him for participating in a peaceful demonstration near "H. Muliee Aage", the former Presidential residence on 23 February 2006. Guardian of detainee reported an acquaintance of detainee informed her that the police transported detainee to Dhoonidhoo Island Detention Center on the same day. more

 

 

 cTOpir wscaWK cswvuDcawa
 irem cnihevid WhwjiDwb idwa cSokWyinwa
cSwkWvWmcniz Wyirev egcniawfisiawgiawlwscawm
?wtEhejun  
 

ulWyiK umcaWa
cnuhIm udemWa cscviDclOm IvIT egObWLog
ctogEked  

 

ކަރާޝިބް މުރާޖައާ

ކަސްޓަމްސްގެ ރިސްކް އެލަވަންސް ދިނުމުގައި އިންސާފެއްނެތް....

 

ދީނާއި ދުނިޔެ

މަސްޖިދުއް ޖަލާލުއްދީން ނުހުޅުވި ލަސްވުން؛ މިސްކިތުގެ ނަމުގައި ޑިއުޓީ ފުރީކޮށް
 މުދާ އެތެރެކުރަން ފަސޭހަވީމާ ޑިލޭވަނީބާ؟ 

 

cniaeret egukwtWhufws

,EkerWvwnwj EkerWvwnwj Iaea cswkwten WLwd Wlugwn
cnulwj cSwdWxuawn ....EkerWvwnwj IkwnUmuawm
wfWyik ESWdwh IsWswa unUnWg  - wvwl unuvia
Idiawmcawhwa - "Inwrwbnwawnwh"
 

cnehcnwa iaWSwaWfuaitcsia egudIxwn iTcauk
cSwaWfuaitcsia egIligwn cnehirif iaWycaigwn
ifiawvog
 

 

cSwCcawmugod IkwnWywb IsWair egunUmuawm csIawr"
Ikwz "ugod
 

 

 

caemuvulwdcawb egIpIDcmea iawgUdcaid .ah
ifiawvcaWb  

 

 

urWycawt cnegcSokudwrwh uDob cnukwtWrwfed egurEb"
unUmuawm Ipokiled egIsWswa unUnWg cnidcSok
"ejcainef WTcauhiawfWvurof WlcSwkwnwdug
Ikwz cnesuh cmihWrubia -


cnegiLug iaWkwmuyil ctoaiawfeyil iawgcswnwm
csiTcswj ukwlisWrum egIruk egcnwvinim
ifcSokikwv cniaWfIzwv egIrcTcsinim
 

 

cnegevireviawb iawgukwtctWkwrwh IswrckomiD
caeDcnwf WvIhea cSwkwtctWrwf Wrukurwycawh
ifiawvuLuh
 

 

Saturday - 25 February 2006

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 urwbwK
cSwkwtctWrwf Wrukurwycawh cnegevireviawb iawgukwtctWkWrwh IswrckomiD
unubil Wyifur 15,000 csevEr wmwtwruf cSwDcnwf ivuLuh cSwmuvIhea
IswrckomiD iawgWsclwj IpIDcmea egEr eguhwvud Irwaurcbef 23
egObWLog WlunWkwgcawh csevcaea cnegevireviawb iawgukwtctWkWrwh
iaWSwkwtctWrwf ikeaikea Wrukurwycawh cnurWkurws InUnWguriawG
Erea cSwDcnwf unuvuLuh iawgudwsugwm egumuviretIhea cSwkwtWliaWa
 .evenid cnurwbcnem Wyifur 15,040/60 csevinwkea iawgWsclwj
cnukwtctWrwf WvcnunEb cnwvcaed Ihea iaWa Wsiawf cnwDcnwfim
.eveaenEvedcneg cSwairuk cawtcnwkea cnegiawLug iaWaIpIDcmea

 

Minivan News
Protesters call for the Resignation of Information Minister; TVM Anchors Shakeeb and Waleed
Youths protested outside the TV Maldives (TVM) building on Thursday night, calling for the resignation of the Minister for Information, Mohamed Nasheed, and two TVM presenters, as hostility grows against an upsurge in propaganda by state-run media outlet. more

 

 

 

WawjWrum urwbwK
ifiawvcaWb iawgUdwnit caemuvulwdcawb eg IpIDcmea
ejcaevurEbcnunId IpurWaID iawgUdwnit

 

 

 

Profile of an Egyptian Sociologist Ali Fahmi
"In democratic countries the law is respected and highly effective. Our case is different: this is a despotic state with an artillery of laws which it knows how to circumvent and manipulate" Fahmi

The seventy-something year old sociologist, who has lived here for most of his life, has in fact only just finished a new series of renovations. In Manial (Egypt) he was born and in Manial he intends to stay, having disdained not only emigration but the tendency to seek a livelihood in the cash-strapped Gulf states. Likewise he has rejected the international circuit of UN and comparable organisations. more

 

 

 

Travel Intelligence
Can the Maldives Survive Man?
The Maldive islands are renowned for their pristine beaches and spectacular diving. But global warming is a dark cloud on their horizon, says Kamin Mohammadi. more

 

 

 

Source Watch
Hill & Knowlton goes to the Maldives
The UK office of Hill & Knowlton have worked with the Government of Maldives, largely on promoting the country as a tourist destination. On its website Hill and Knowlton boasts that staff working for travel and tourism clients have the ability to draw on other specialists within the company including its in-house crisis management team "to assist in situations where a client's reputation is threatened." While the Maldives promotes itself as a desirable tourist destination, Amnesty International has issued a string of warnings and reports in 2003 and 2004 about the government's repression of the political opposition. more

 

  (cSwCcawm cnurwhwa 21)WmWnutwsurwk egumIawz
..............cnulwtwb iaWa umIawz

 

 

 

 

WawjWrum cnuvurikcswm
 cSokitenWhia Whea ObWLog cSwncnirevcswm ihevid
caeTUn ugwv Whik iawgunuked ?wtevcaIk Inwdwhea
?WbenWncnuh urWhim

 

urwbwK cnukwlumcawvuf
cSwmurukcswvwa WDcnejea IhWlcsia egunUmuawm
ifiawlWvog cnunWvuz egukwlumcawvuf

 

 

cgOa.incnwaIrcf
uTWCugwm egWDcnejea IhWlcsia

 

 

(cSwCcawm cnurwhwa 21) chWxcnWx
cnwncnef urwvwluk egumwkcnitwmctwa egcnuhIm UDcawa InWdcswvud egObWLog
cSwLokcToy uLokuCcnOl egObWLog iawgurwhwa 28 wyidevutEvim .eveaifiawSwf
egcnuhImea cnutiycawr UDcawa Ivclwdwb cSwrwvuDnwg egumIt ,evclwdwb
ulWvud iaWaer iawgukwtcTOsir cnegebit iawgurud iaWncnIrwdibnwa
Itoa udemed iaWncnuhIm uLotwa uDcawa iaWa ObWLog .evencnutwkcawswmiruk
ObWLog csevidwa ?Wbcaemwkunwmcxud egurwhwa 28 ItWzcnok
iawgulWh cnutiycawr UDcawa cSokwscaWK cnutiycawrihevid cSwrwvErufctih
,cSwncnuhIm ElWm Waex egiawrudcnwswn Inwgcnwa ObWLog ?WbInescaejun
WviawgEretuLwfWruh ,cSwncnuhIm ElWmuLuh Waex egulwToh eluLuh
,cSwncnutiycawr egWruh Waex uhwfcSwmulWvuLug cnukwmwlWf cSwtcTOsir
ibitiawgcTenibek egObWLog urWhim ;cSwncnuhImUdImuLuh Waex egEretereh
?Wbiawbok IkwbWvwj egcnurwTcsinim 3 UDcawa

 

 

Friday - 24 February 2006

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ebuawn - wvwlImuawg
EkerWvwnwj Iaea cswkwdwm WLwd Wlugwn
EkerWvwnwj IkwnUmuawm ....EkerWvwnwj
 

 

cliawf OaiDOa
umcaWA IPIDcmea egIrwaurcbef 23
cnuvulwdcawb
 

 

 

 

News Review & Photo

MDP General Meeting "Maumoon is an animal"

MDP's general meeting held in Male' last night was yet another great success according to members who attended the meeting. Amongst the speakers were Shadow Home Minister Afeef, Sandhaanu Didi, who was released yesterday after mounting pressure and campaign by MDP and international human rights organisations, followed by Shadow Planning Minister Mohamed Shihab. A popular dissident and famous artist Naushad Waheed (Naube), who was also just released after being in detention for more than 4 years, then took to the stage to deliver what became the highlight of the evening. more

 

 

 

Reporters without boarders
Cyber dissident Ahmad Didi released, a photographer arrested
Reporters Without Borders welcomed the release of Ahmad Didi, under house arrest since February 2005, who received a presidential pardon on 22 February along with another political dissident, Naushad Waheed.The following day, Ali Fahud, photographer on the weekly Adduvas, was arrested while covering an opposition demonstration. more

 

 

 

Maldives First
Gayyoom's "sweep away the opponents" led communities in vain
If anyone thought for a moment that the suffering caused by Gayyoom was over, or had abated, they would be seriously mistaken. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Twenty months on from the brutal assault on "Black Friday" thousands of peoples are still suffering across the country and losing their sources of income. And Gayyoom's brutalities increase week by week.  more

 

 

 

Maldives First
Gayoom says will publish road-map to reform by end March, admonishes journalists in speech at opening of parliament
A road map to reform would be published by the end of March this year, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has said. In his speech at opening of parliament, President Gayoom said that such a tablature would include the government’s plans for reform implementation and would indicate clear time-frames. He noted that a call by him for cross-party dialogue for the purpose did not receive a "desirable response". The President claimed that some objectives of the reform agenda had already been achieved, saying that there was now a political party system and pointing to the establishment by him of a judicial services commission and the government allowing "more freedom to the media". more 

 

 

Minivan News
Opposition Supporter Sacked from Justice Ministry Following Manas Article
Former Minivan journalist and opposition supporter Hussain Nazeer expressed dismay on Thursday, after being sacked from his civil servant job at the justice ministry on suspicion of writing critical articles in the press. more

 

 

chWx cnWx
WvWscaih cnuhIm egumuawg iLum Iaea eretereh uLotwa uDcawa
,ifiawmcnin ObWLog cnwdwh cSwkwTOsir Wgcnih cnuSwd egcaeNcnufcnuk
csevuLokurwd iaWLokiSWk iawa cnumebil iawgIruk cniaeretereh
,ifiawrwaiawLwf unwmcxud IgIgwh eguLotwa uDcawa ,ifiawlcSokudcnwb
egcnurwbcnem egITWP egcniDnur ihevid IkwTOsir Wdwh iawgEretereh
cSwncnutiycawr eguLotwa uDcawa ,ifiawmcnin iawdwh cSwkwTOsir
cSwmudOhWsiawf idea cSwmunidenwgWscaih ,ifiawfihclwdwb ,ifIdcbwdwa
cnugenurug egEretereh ,cSwaegumIt urwvuDnwg IsWair InWvunofITis
caeTOsir cnunwtea cSwkwhIm egIPIDcmea IlcSokclwscnek
.eveawlOyItenWdibil

 

 

 

  Is.csea.cCea.Is cnwvinim
iawgukwtctWkwrwh IsWyis cnidukWvwyik ihevid
?evcaIk IawDuk cnuvireviawb

 

cniaeret egukwtWhufws

cnit cSokcmukuh cSwlwj cSwrwhwa wrwnwf *
ifcSokcnwvinim udWxuawn uhwf cSwrwhwa
 

iaos IPurWaID cnwncnokuLwf UdUbnwrwd *
Ehejun cSwkWruk
 

 

cnwrukuLWf urUAux eg "ulwdwb wmwtwruf" *
ifcSokurwycawh cnuhImcaeawb wyid

 

eguhIfoa csckelcpcmok czIrwxif UDcaUk *
ejcainef uTUnugwv egcaedwdwawnig cnIrUjit 
 

uriaivcaia cnWywb IsWyir egunUmuawm *
EvuncaerizWh cnurwbcmem IpIDcmea
 

iawvwyifudIhwx .rD iaWnUmuawm csIawr" *
caeSuk uDnwguLwa csevcnemcnea Whiruh
unWdcnws - "ErukulUbwg cSwmwkWrukun
Idiawmcnwhwa
 

cswl IdunWsiawf cSwkwtITWp IsWyis" *
-cnOn cSwkEveruk wmWh ubwbws Everuk
cscnwxckelia cfoa rwnwximwk "enWn
 

 

 

Thursday - 23 February 2006

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cnWywb csUn IPIDcmea
ifIdWlwmwh cnuhuluf cSwkwaWrwhWzum irevwhclus

 

 

News Report

MDP protestors unlawfully attacked by Gayyoom's militia but the struggle will continue

Male' - An organised protest by MDP members today near the Parliament Square in Male' did not go as planned because of unprovoked attacks on the protestors by Gayyoom's militia. As Gayyoom was about to arrive to the Parliament for the opening of the new session and deliver his speech, protestors waited to express their views to the dictator by displaying banners and posters calling for the removal of his appointed members in the parliament, which he himself also proposed in his so-called sweeping reform agenda in June 2004 but is now obstructing it by using his appointed members in the parliament. Banners also called for his resignation and the release of party chairman as well as other political detainees. more

 

 

 

Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ welcomes release of Internet journalist
New York, February 22, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release from house arrest of Internet journalist Ahmed Didi, who was pardoned today, four years after receiving a life sentence because of his work. Dissident Naushad Waheed was also pardoned. more

 

 

 

Local News
Adduvas official photographer arrested by Gayyoom, the looser
Male' - Confirmed reports say that the official photographer of the popular Adduvas weekly magazine has been arrested by Gayyoom's militia this morning as he was at the scene of the protest staged outside the parliament today.
He was handcuffed to his back and was taken away along with six others according to Adduvas officials. Fahud was in fact wearing his official Press Card as well this morning as usual. Fahud has been arrested a number of times whilst taking pictures and covering stories from such scenes but has not shown any desire to stop his courageous and important career despite harassment and torture.
What is most stupid about all this is that in a couple of days these photographers and others will be let out and despite attempts by the dictator to scare them and intimidate them, they come out with a stronger will power and determination to stand up for their rights.

 

 

 

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The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) condemns the arbitrary arrests of 7 MDP Members by the police on 19 February 2006. Details of the detainees are given below. more

 

 

 

Relief Web
No room for complacency in tsunami recovery in the Maldives
Recent reports criticizing governments for the slow delivery of tsunami aid should be a "call to action" for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, according to the Federation's Special Representative for the tsunami operation, Johan Schaar. On a visit to the Maldives during February, he admitted that some of the communities who were already vulnerable prior to the tsunami were not significantly better off now than a year ago. more

 

 

Amnesty International Press Release
Maldives: Release of artist and internet dissident highlights failings of justice system
Amnesty International welcomes today's release of prisoners of conscience Ahmad Ibrahim Didi and Naushad Waheed, but urges the government to take decisive action to reform the criminal justice system to prevent further politically motivated detentions. more
 

 

 

BBC News

Maldives leader frees dissidents
President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom pardoned the two prisoners Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has freed two dissidents jailed for "criminal activities". Ahmed Ibrahim Didi and Naushad Waheed were imprisoned for alleged treason. Mr Didi was sentenced to life in prison in 2002, a term later changed to 15 years, while Mr Waheed also received a 15-year jail term. more

 

 

 

GN Atoll News
DRP Activists In Fuvahmulah Earn The Wrath Of Youths
Meenaaz & Didi's cases are clear examples of how DRP manages its power hold in remote islands like Fuvahmulah. Working as two senior staffs for local schools, they both have come under scrutiny from the very youths of the island they raised. Despite been accused of corruption, abuse of power, mismanagement on various occasions, and in some cases, child molestation, they continue on with their business unabashed and unchecked. more

 

 

 

The Washington Times
Tourism lags in tsunami areas
Tourism in Southeast Asia has not fully recovered from the December 2004 tsunami, according to tourism figures. Slightly more than a year after the tsunami, Thailand, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Indonesia are just beginning to see international tourists return with the same strength as before the deadly natural disaster. more

 

 

 

Detainees Network Update
Actions taken by detainees in Maldives

Areesha Ali's husband reported the police arrested the detainee at around 03:30 on 19 February 2006 for allegedly stopping at a gathering on her way home. Husband of detainee reported the detainee had access to her lawyer at Dhoonidhoo Island Detention Center on 21 February 2006. Husband of detainee reported the detainee’s lawyer informed him that the police had not yet interrogated the detainee. Husband of detainee reported he wrote to the police on 20 February 2006 requesting access to the detainee. more

 

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