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Friday 4th February
2005
Minian News
 Human
Rights Commission of the Maldives - Press Statement on
the Elections
"The Commission believes that the election... was not in
general free, unbiased or removed from undue influence"
- HRC
read
more
Letter
to the Editor
True and real freedom to the Maldives would be the day
Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom resigns
It really horrified me
when I read the statements regarding Evan Naseem's
death. The fact that Anbaree, Adam Zahir. 22 Zahir and
Maumoon saying they knew nothing about it is a big lie.
The truth is obvious. These are interrogation methods
introduced by Maumoon Abdul Gayyooms regime. And this is
not the first time they have killed people in the jail.
read more
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in Brief
MDP
Leader say 'Thank You!' to the British people for
helping the victims of Tsunami in Maldives
On
BBC 6 O'clock News last night, Hon. Ibrahim Ismail, MP
for Male’ and
Leader of Maldivian Democratic Party, thanked the people
of
Britain for helping the victims of tsunami in Maldives
so generously, after the country suffered one of the
worst natural disasters in history. “It was overwhelming
to receive so much aid in such a short time, just days
after the tsunami” said Hon. Ismail live on BBC.
 He
also thanked the Friends of Maldives in particular, the
charity that contributed immensely to the tsunami relief
and whose volunteers are still collecting aid in UK and
distributing aid in the Maldives.
In
reply to the question with regard to the tourism
industry in the Maldives Hon. Ismail said “Most of the
resorts are operational now and we are looking forward
to welcoming our guests back into the country again”.
A
full script of the interview and a video clip will be
available tomorrow.
News in Brief
 MDP
Leader
visits Dhivehi
Observer Editor-in-chief Sappe'
Hon.
Ibrahim Ismail today visited DO Editor-in-chief Ahmed
Moosa (Sappe') at his home.
As
Members of the Maldivian Democratic Party's General
Council, both discussed the future of the party and its
role in the Maldivian politics. Sappe' also
congratulated Ibra on his outstanding victory in the
recent election in Male' and expressed his full
confidence in Ibra, as a worthy representative of the
people.
Ibra
has promised to give an exclusive interview to DO prior
to his departure from UK.
Corruption Review
 Grumpy
Yameen's Millions; where did it all come from?
"If people are developed, what are we going to do?"
Yameen Abdul Gayyoo, Brother of Dictator Gayyoom and
Trade Minister and Chairman of State Electric Company
and Regulator of Electricity and Former Chairman and now
Owner of State Trading Organisation, Owner of Bank of
Maldives and Member of Parliament and Head of Foreign
Missions and Head of Police and Governor of Male'
Capital and Owner of Cafeteria at Indhira Gandhi
Memorial Hospital.... the riches man in the Maldives!
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Breaking News
 Huge
Fire in Southwest Harbour in Male'
Male' - 02:36 - The fire
is now under control but a lot of damage has been
sustained. Reports say that the Auction Warehouse has
completely been burn down. The flame even reached the
vessels in the harbour jetty area. Large crowd gathered
near the area as usual to witness the fire. Initial
reports have confirmed that no one has been injured in
this incident. There is also some conflicting reports
that some young people started this fire because they
were not paid for work done at the Auction Warehouse
today.
Male' - 00:57 - A Huge
fire has broken out in Southwest Harbour of Male about 5
minutes ago. Eye witness have confirmed that the inferno
is so severe that fire lorries are unable to reach the
location which is the new Auction Warehouse near Cola
Jetty as known locally. A similar fire about 2 years ago
caused massive damage to property including a large
boat. We will update the news as we get them.
September 2003 Riots in Maldives
Quiket Fernando, an Indian National was shot at close
range on 20th September 2003 riots in Maafushi Jail in
Maldives
"As soon as I saw them I lifted my hands to surrender.
They came near me, shouted at me and asked me why I was
there. I told them what happened. Private Badr beat me
on both my legs with the baton. The NSS person behind me
(with the gun) asked me to return to my block. His name
is Private Hassan Rifaau (S.No. 3415). As soon as he
said that he shot at my foot."
please read the full statement
By Minivan News
 Falah
Still Being Held in Jail
Ahmed Falah is still being held under police detention
in the Maldives, family members have reported.
Falah was arrested on 22 January 2004 - Election Day -
for what the government alleges is disruption of
balloting. Falah has dismissed the charge, stating that
he was only filming the protest by voters from Thaa
Atoll at Ghiyasuddeen School in Male’, who were
complaining that they couldn’t vote.
Family members reported that soon after his arrest the
police told Falah he would be released within 2 days and
therefore there was no need for the detainee to request
for a lawyer.
read more
 Sheikh
Fareed Held Illegally in the Maldives
Family members of Ibrahim
Fareed Ahmed – better known as Sheikh Fareed – have
reported that he is being held ‘illegally’ in the
Maldives.
Fareed was found guilty of violating the “Protection of
Religious Unity of Maldivians Act” and sentenced for 2
years imprisonment on 26 September 2004 whilst he was
held in connection with the August pro-democracy rally.
He is being held in Maafushi Prison.
Family members have pointed out however, that Fareed
served his two year sentence on 26th January 2005
because he served 20 months prior to being charged to 24
months on the 26 September 2004.
read more
Business News
Mighty Dhiraagu to
face fierce competition with the rich Arabs
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Wataniya Telecom on Tuesday officially signed an
agreement with the government of Maldives to become the
second mobile phone service operator in the country.
Wataniya is Kuwait’s second mobile operator as well and
is traded on the Kuwait Stock Exchange, the Company has
a Market capitalization exceeding US $1.5 Billion, with
over 40,000 shareholders. Following the
signing ceremony, Wataniya officials said that the
company, will invest 40 million dollars (514 million
Rufiya) to introduce mobile service in just six months.
read more
Wednesday 2 February
2005
 Local
News
Atolls Ministry to be
scrapped soon
Male'- There is mounting
speculation that Gayyoom is going to sacrifice his
dearly beloved brother Hameed in order to show that he
is serious about brining change and reform to his rule.
In this context, there is discussions at the top level
that Atolls Ministry should be scrapped off or rather
amalgamated with Ministry of Planning, which is
incidentally headed by Hameed's son Hamdhoon.
This is nothing new to
Maldivians, Gayyoom even sacrificed the 'once powerful'
Ilyas Ibrahim in 1993, his brother in law, in order to
save his good name and remain in power. Gayyoom called
Ilyas 'a thief' and accused him of attempting to kill
him using black magic.
Hameed is heartbroken by
the fact that all his darlings failed to secure their
parliamentary seats, especially his lover Hussain Manik
Dhon Manik, who was even ready to offer front runner
Senco Shareef millions to withdraw his name which would
have increased chances of Hussain Maink to secure the
seat. The loss of seat is apparently affecting their
love life according to close associates and both are
keeping a very low profile. Many wonder why? He has not
been seen in several Atoll Ministry related ceremonies
like the recent re-housing thing in Maamigili.
Local
News
 Sheikh
Fareed is till held in solitary confinement illegally
Male'- Sources in Maafushi
jail has confirmed that Sheikh Fareed is still kept in
solitary confinement despite serving a jail sentence
which was passed secretly whilst being detained for
participating in the August demonstration last year.
Fareed is apparently being
kept in solitary confinement for his own personal safety
but the truth of the matter is that Gayyoom is scared
that he will use the opportunity to give religious
speeches and sermons to other inmates if he was allowed
to be free in jail. Fareed openly challenged Gayyoom's
faith and accused Gayyoom of using Islam as a tool to
oppress people during the demonstration last August.
Gayyoom has accused Fareed with everything from state
terrorism, sabotage, attempted kidnapping of cabinet
Ministers and God knows what else but eventually he was
jailed for apparently spreading religion hatred; this
was after Fareed said that corruption has to be
condemned whether done by government official or not.
As long as prisoners of
conscience remain locked up in Maldives jails and are
ill-treated, the world will never believe Gayyoom's
reform agenda. He should realise that and free them all
immediately.
ITT Flygt Provides Relief
to Tsunami Survivors
Impeller.net (press release) - Germany
ITT Flygt has donated 40 pumps with equipment as an
immediate aid to the tsunami victims in Maldives.
Collina to referee
tsunami match
uefa.com - Switzerland
FIFA said on Monday that the assistant referees for the
match, Mohamed Saeed (Maldives) and Jason Joseph Damoo
(Seychelles), have been appointed specifically
because they come from two of the nations
ravaged by the tsunami, while the fourth official will
be Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez (Spain).
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SPECIAL REPORT
 Universal
Enterprises Maldives Joint Venture with Chief Torturer &
Co.
Per Aquum Resorts & Spas
is a specialist resort & spa management company based in
the Maldives. The company is a subsidiary of Universal
Enterprises Pvt Limited, the largest resort operator in
the Maldives belonging to the infamous Koli family.
Universal Enterprises holds the majority of the shares
while there are two other minority shareholders. The
minority shareholders in the company are it's Managing
Director, Tom McLoughlin (15% stakeholder) who was
previously the Manager of Hilton Maldives at Rangali and
Commissioner of Police Adam Zahir. The company operates
two resorts in the Maldives which are Dhoni Mighili and
Huvafenfushi.
read more
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Tuesday 1 February 2005
News in
Brief
 Maldivian
Democratic Party Leader Ibrahim Ismail arrives in
UK today
Salisbury (UK) - MDP
Leader-to-be and Male' Member-elect Hon. Ibrahim Ismail
arrived in UK today on official party business. He is
accompanied by MDP Councillor Mohamed Nasheed (Anni).
Ibra was in Colombo last week holding meetings with
other member of the council. In this visit, Ibra will be
spending time at the House of Commons UK with MPs and
will discuss the situation in the Maldives. Ibra will
also be meeting with British Government officials at the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office and also meet other
organisation such as Amnesty International and
Commonwealth Secretariat in London.
Ibra will also spend a
working day with Mark Oaten, MP for Winchester in an
attempt to oversee the day to day work of an MP.
In addition to those
meetings, Ibra is expected to speak to journalists and
news organisation including the BBC during this visit.
In a brief meeting with
the Editor-in-Chief of Dhivehi Observer, Ibra expressed
hope for the future of Maldives and assured that he is
not up for sale. "I am not going to work for the
government of Maldives. The people of Male' has elected
me for an important task and I am humbled by their
support. I will not let them down" said Ibra, assuring
that it is important to initiate a dialogue to solve the
problems in Maldives.
Ibra today visited the
Friends of Maldives warehouse in Southampton whilst they
were packing aid material to Maldives. He has also given
an interview to local radios thanking the British people
for their support for the people of Maldives in this
time of distress.
DO has information that
Hon. Ibrahim Ismail has been elected as the Leader of
Maldivian Democratic Party by a majority vote in the
General Council ballot which is yet to be made official.
Ibra will be in UK for two
weeks and is hopes to meet Maldivians living in UK
including students.
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Minivan
News Today
 How
Elections Must be Improved - Ilyas Hussain Ibrahim
A candidate or his or her authorized supporter should be
allowed to sit and observe the entire process of
counting
Read More >>
 Gayoom's
Unelected Appointees
Who the President appoints as his unelected
representatives in the Majlis will be an indication of
his sincerity to multi-party democracy
Read More >>
 Dr.
Shaheed Oversteps the Mark
Dr Shaheed’s extremist comments put him totally at odds
with the President’s moderate talk of reconciliation and
reform
Read More >>
Murder in
Paradise
Torture in Tropical Paradise : State Murder of Evan
Naseem in Maldives, 19th September 2003 - Statements by
Doctors
 People all over the world think of the
Maldive Islands as being the perfect holiday paradise. Well, it is
truly a remarkable piece of work by nature. Sun, sand and sea in
abundance! All that a tropical holiday maker or a scuba diver can
hope for! But, the oppressive regime of Maumoon
Abdul Gayyoom, who is the longest serving leader in Asia today, has
been ruling Maldives by fear and intimidation, with no regard or
respect for human rights and in violation of the constitution. The
livelihood of the average Maldivian is simply sacrificed for the
well being and stylish lifestyle of Gayyoom, his family and his
associates.
Read the Statements by
Doctors
 Student
Voice
Who should be blamed for poor management of CHSE?
Centre for Higher
Secondary School (CHSE) is the only government institute
which provides higher secondary education in capital
Male’. We don’t know who cares about us but we are
students of CHSE? We wanted to know who should take
this responsibility. Is that Minister of Education Dr.
Shaugee, our Principal Amira, teachers or our parents?
One thing we are very sure is that we we should get
something much better than what we get in CHSE at the
moment.
read more
Press Release -
NIRJ DEVA DL MEP
MEP
DEVISES PIONEERING NEW STRUCTURE FOR DELIVERING INTERNATIONAL AID
In a move towards what he described as “transparency and
accountability”, South East of England MEP Nirj Deva this week suggested
pioneering reforms to the way international aid is delivered to the
worst affected areas.
read
more
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SPECIAL REPORT
 Daylight
robberies by Ambassador Hassan Sobir
Island Beverages Maldives(IBM) Private Limited on
Thursday, 7th October 2004, opened a mineral
water bottling plant in Male. IBM is a joint venture
between private company Champa Brothers and Maldives
Water and Sewerage Company (MWSC). MWSC has a 51 percent
stake in IBM while the remainder is held by Champa
brothers.
The Rf10 million bottling plant, set up at the MWSC
building in Male, can produce up to 12,000 mineral water
bottles on a daily eight-hour shift. The mineral water
bottles produced by IBM is branded as "Taza" (Fresh).
read more
Editorial
Maldives Prisoners of Conscience – Naushad, Zaki, Didi,
Nisreen and Fareed must be free now
When we talk about reform
and democracy, and when Gayyoom is claiming to be the
champion of it all, the question that we need to ask is
‘why are there still prisoners of conscience in
Maldives?’ In a society that is supposedly waking up to
the 21st century, these abuses of most basic
rights to express ones views and being imprisoned for
life for doing so really do not make sense to anyone but
to Gayyoom.
The writers and associates of Sandhaanu have been behind
bars for simply expressing their views in an online news
magazine. Naushad Waheed is behind bars for apparently
writing a letter to Amnesty International and Fareed for
giving religious speeches.
There are rumours now in Maldives that Gayyoom is trying
to negotiate and talk to dissidents in Male’ and abroad.
Yes, nothing can be solved without discussions and
without talking but it is essential that both sides get
off to a good beginning. Before any meetings are setup
or any discussions begin between the two sides, as a
gesture of good intent, Gayyoom should really release
these prisoners of conscience.
read more
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Open Forum
A Cautionary Note to Members of Parliament
Maumoon wants to save face and buy time with his so-called reform
proposals so that he could stay in power and water down the democracy
movement that is taking place in this country. We voted for the
reformists so that we could bring about, the much needed changes in the
governing body with as little time as possible. We have lost so much
time relying on gayoom and he just seems lost with the empty promises he
makes. He is nothing but a mesmerizing liar, now he is taking about a
second reform proposal on top of the first reform proposal he talked
about without taking any action on it. And yet the Govt chief
spokesperson calls him “the father of democracy in Maldives”. I’d rather
say he wants to make democracy his surrogate child.
read more
Sunday 30 January 2005
International News - Channel News Asia
"We need substantial and
sustained international aid," Gayoom said. "We can't do
it alone." - AFP
President Maumoon Abdul
Gayoom told AFP in an interview last week that the
Maldives, despite being South Asia's most prosperous
nation, could not rebuild on its own.
The Maldives has a per capita income of 2,400 dollars
and is heavily dependent on tourism. The waves damaged
26 out of the 87 resort islands.
The number of foreign holidaymakers travelling to South
Asia's most expensive tourist destination had dropped by
about half since the disaster.
read more
International News - Al Jazeera
 UN:
Donors overlook tsunami-hit Maldives
The United Nations
warned on Sunday that one in three people in the
Maldives islands was affected by the Dec. 26 massive
tsunami but international donors are largely overlooking
its crisis.
The world body said that not a single cent was received
for shelter in the tsunami-hit Maldives islands where
the disaster hit 70 percent of the economy.
read more
Local
News in Brief
Reformists in parliament must take notice of Gayoom’s
corruption
MINISTERS LOSE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE
HIYALEE GONE, STO AND FINANCE FUNDED HIS CAMPAIGN
 Special
Report
Powers of President
The
source of presidential power or authority lies in the
constitution. In section 42 of the constitution, it says
that the powers of the president are those conferred on
him by constitution, those inherent in the duties under
the constitution and the powers of doing what was
enlisted in this section.
read more
DO Open
Forum
 Man
for All Islands?
President Gayoom's
biography is boastfully titled "Man for All Islands."
Written by Royston Ellis, the book was published at the
height of the dictator's career, when it was impossible
to imagine that the all powerful ruler would one day be
humbled and hounded out of office by the very citizens
he tyrannized for a quarter century. And yet, today the
impossible has happened. Following the election debacle
this week, a more apt description for the ageing
dictator would be "Man for Small Islands."
read more
 The
Emperor's New Cloths; Does Gayyoom have NDP?
"I see it in the mirror,
I see it hangings on the walls,
Everywhere I go I like to see
The photographic image of myself which I adore"
Gayoom whenever he goes out to meet the people loves to
hear back from the public phrases like "you look smart"
or "you are beautiful". While he may admire his "Fair &
Lovely" cream applied display of photographs in every
government building, this undoubtedly shows the
narcissistic trait in him. Narcissism, a condition of
self- infatuation is aptly derived from the classic
Greek mythology of Narcissus who fell in love with his
own reflection. Today narcissism, although difficult to
diagnose, is more common than when it was first
described by Freud and, more recently, has been
classified as a new disorder called Narcissistic
Personality Disorder (NPD).
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Saturday 29 January
2005
DO Readers’ Review
Maldives warns opposition against
creating political crisis by inciting violence, promises
reforms
The government of Maldives is desperately trying to find
a pretext not to undertake any reforms. There is a
political crisis in Maldives already and that is people
are sick and tired of the dictatorship of Gayyoom. We do
not need him anymore. He should be grateful to that
people of Maldives for keeping the country in harmony
for so long.
read more
 News
24 - Tsunami Special Report
God signed the
tsunami
The word Allah is
inset on the satellite picture. Photo: DigitalGlobe
by Bryan Pearson
Colombo - God signed His name in the tsunami that
battered Sri Lanka and other countries on December 26,
and sent it as punishment because humans have been
ignoring His laws, Sri Lankan Muslims say.
Proof, according to Mohamed Faizeen, manager of the
Centre for Islamic Studies in Colombo, is a satellite
picture taken seconds after the tsunami smashed into Sri
Lanka's west coast near the town of Kalutara and as it
was receding.
read more
 Editorial
A Message for Gayoom
THERE IS LITTLE
that is democratic about parliamentary elections in the
Maldives. Political parties are banned. Candidates can
contest only as “independents” and cannot campaign. And
until now, only those with a demonstrated record of
unquestioning loyalty to President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
could win, turning the 50-member majlis (eight members
are nominated by the President), as the parliament is
known, into a rubber stamp for his decisions.
But the claim by the Sri Lanka-based Maldivian
Democratic Party (MDP), which is leading the movement
for democratic and political reform in the country, that
18 of the candidates who won in last week’s
parliamentary elections were backed by it, has given the
five-yearly charade an interesting twist.
read more
Local
News
Tsunami Relief Aid sitting
near the Atoll Office in Naifaru
Thousands of people from
around the world responded instantly to the call for
help for the tsunami victims in the region. In
particular, we have seen a selfless approach by many
from abroad and local groups to help the victims in the
Maldives.
However, it is regrettable
that the Maldivian authorities are not coordinating
these activities adequately and there are reports coming
from various locations in Maldives that 'aid' is sitting
in Atoll and Island offices without being distributed in
a timely manner. People of Naifaru have in this regard,
raised the alarm because some of these items are even
perishable. A more serious coordination effort is now
needed and Gayyoom should stop interfering with these
activities and invite NGOs to do their work without
restrictions.
 Maldives
warns opposition against creating political crisis by
inciting violence, promises reforms
The Maldives government on
Saturday warned the opposition not to create a political
crisis by inciting violence, as it promised reforms to
deliver a multiparty democracy in the tropical
archipelago.
Calling the Maldives Democratic Party "a ragbag of
dissidents and asylum seekers," chief government
spokesman Ahmed Shaheed urged the opposition to "reject
violence and work genuinely toward greater democracy in
the Maldives."
read more
 Election
Review
Maldivian Women need to participate in the political
process
Results of the recent general election gave only 2 seats
to women. This is quite a blow for the trendy feminist
movement.
Aneesa Ahmed is really not a women, according to sources
close to her. She is a man, a cunning one, in the shells
of a man. This is perhaps believable consider who she
has victimized, over the years, very powerful people
like former cabinet minister Zaki, Defence Minister
Anbaree and even the Dictator himself.
read more
 Students
for Global Democracy - USA
Maldives Democracy Act of 2005
AN ACT - To provide for the promotion of democracy,
human rights, and rule of law in the Republic of
Maldives and for the consolidation and strengthening of
Maldives sovereignty and independence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Maldives Democracy Act of
2004'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States supports the promotion of
democracy, respect for human rights, and the rule of law
in the Republic of Maldives consistent with its
commitments WHICH COMMITMENTS.
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Review
 How
educated is the Education Ministry
You will be surprised to know that there are one PhD
holder, two persons with master degree and one with
bachelor degree in the main office of the Ministry of
Education at the Ghazee building. Dr. Shaugee’s closest
allies are Director General Abdulla Salih, Director
Akram Kamaaludin, Director Mohamed Waheed (Waddey) and
Ismail Habeeb. Ironically none of them has a recognized
qualification. But they are the policy makers of the
Ministry of Education in the Maldives.
read more
Opinion
IBRA AND THE MAGICAL PHONE CALL ; A UK-based PR firm is
trying to sell South Asia's longest serving dictator
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom as a pro-democratic reformist. Is
MDP member Ibrahim Ismail, of all people, buying it?
When Special Majlis member Ibrahim Ismail won the
coveted Male seat of the Peoples Majlis or Parliament,
Gayoom lost no time in ringing up and singing the
obligatory congratulations. It worked.
"It was a brief call to congratulate me but I didn't
expect him to call me so soon," Ibra told an AFP
reporter, affirming that he now wanted to work with
Gayoom to bring multi-party democracy to the country.
read more
 Editorial
Post Election
Rhetoric!
In the current political situation also he jumped on the
bandwagon and he put up a manifesto on 9 June 2004 and
now he calls himself as the father of democracy. In that
case, Winter Shareef is the great-grandfather of
democracy! This is the biggest joke in the history of
Maldives, isn’t it? His chief political prostitute Dr.
Ahmed Shaheed had rather said to the BBC, Gayyoom was
the ‘clown of democracy’ in Maldives. Then Dr. Shaheed
would not have been embarrassingly gob-smacked. These
guys are trying to fabricate history. In Maldives,
democracy has existed in the past and then reverted back
to dictatorial rule. This is a common phenomenon in many
countries like ours; look at Pakistan for instance.
read more
Friday 28 January 2005
AP Interview: Victorious
pro-democracy leader of Maldives says president must
expedite democratic reforms
Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom must introduce
quick political reforms or face more pressure from "ever
growing democratic forces," a top pro-democracy leader
said Friday.
"There is no time to lose and we must act fast and bring
democracy to our small country," said Ibrahim Ismail,
whose Maldives Democratic Party won 18 of the 42 seats
in last weekend's parliamentary elections.
read more
Friends
of Maldives Tsunami Relief News
 Container-loads
of FOM Aid Leave for Maldives
Minivan News - Three 40-foot
containers packed with food, medical supplies, tents,
bedding
and clothing are on their way to
the Maldives the Friends of Maldives (FOM) have said.
The containers left the British port of Southampton on
the 24th of January. The emergency relief supplies will
reach Male’ in approximately one month, going first via
Colombo, Sri Lanka. Another three containers will follow
in the next two weeks.
read more
 BBC
Asia Today Report
"He Has Been in Power as a
One Man Party Leader, One Person Leader for the Past 27
Years... There has been no democracy .. How can you say
he is the Father of Reform?"
view the interview
BBC
News
Maldives
vote results confusion
Opposition-backed candidates in the Maldives won about a
third of seats in parliamentary elections, results show.
The Maldivian Democratic Party said it had won 18 of 42
seats contested. The government put the figure at 12.
Verifying the claims is difficult because of shifting
allegiances in a poll where all candidates had to stand
as independents.
read more
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