Opinion The
Boasting Hi-tech Bandeyri!
This is the guy who had been telling whole Male' when he
was thrown out of the most coveted Maumoon's Cabinet in
connection to Ilyas's black magic cum bribing presidency
bid, even if he is offered a minister's post later he
will not accept it. He was simply that time Male' MP. He
used to say that that this is not a job that Maumoon
gave but the people of Male' elected me so my only
interest is to retain this one. This boasting guy is
none other than Abdulla Kamaludeen (AK).
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Corruption News
Car Tunes Pvt.Ltd. - daylight robbery!
A Maldives Customs Services official has reported that
22 cars has been lost from customs bonded ware house.
The cars belong to Car Tunes Pvt Ltd which has a major
share of Raagondi Raja Yameen Abdul Gayoom. The junior
officials who learned of the theft reported it to the
seniors. But reportedly the seniors are ignoring the
matter. Bonded warehouse is a place where the cars are
stored before paying customs duty. The officials report
the cars have been stolen by Car Tunes itself in
association with Yamin and AK (Abdualla Kamaaluddin), so
they don't have to pay the customs duty.
Why delay registering Dhivehi Ru'ndinge Party (DRP)? After 27
years of autocratic rule, Gayyoom was forced to
introduce party politics to Maldives as a result of
pressure from reformists and pressure from the
international community. Reformists were able to
effectively expose Gayyoom's secret dictatorship to the
world and at the same time provide enough information to
the general public and increase their awareness and
understanding of the heinous crimes committed by Gayyoom
and his cronies as well as the injustices of his
illegitimate rule.
read more
Local
News Director
General Kerafaa Naseem sacked for refusing to join
Gayyoom's political party
Male' - Reliable sources
have confirmed that the Director General of the Foreign
Investment Beureu of the Maldives, Mr. Kerafaa Naseem
has been sacked from his post by the Trade Minister
Yameen (Gayyoom's brother) because Naseem refused to
join their party.
This is not the first time Naseem has fallen victim to
Gayyoom's illicit traps and in fact he amongst others
were paraded in the capital as State enemy by Gayyoom in
the eighties for allegedly attempting to overthrow the
government.
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Is
the Environment for Political Reform in Maldives
Improving?
"It is immoral to ignore
Dictator Gayyoom's crimes, and it violates every
humanitarian principle in Islamic jurisprudence, and
international law to accept Dictator Gayyoom's crimes
against the humanity".
read more
Forced Migration Review Tsunami:
learning from the humanitarian response
A special issue of Forced Migration Review (FMR) is
being printed in and distributed from Sri Lanka.
Published in English, Tamil, Sinhala and Bahasa
Indonesia, the issue brings together local and
international analyses of the effectiveness of the
post-tsunami humanitarian response by key leaders of
relief and recovery operations.
read
more
World Politics
China's Zombie Countries: Bringing Dictators Back
to Life
In Haitian folklore, zombies are people reanimated
from near death and enslaved to the witch doctor
that revived them. Could it be that China's leaders
are taking their cues from Haiti? From Burma to
Nepal to Zimbabwe, China is providing political,
diplomatic, and security support to failing
dictatorships. Beijing gives just enough help for
the dictator to survive sanctions and domestic
popular revolts, while the PRC gains a dependent
state.
read more
Chief
Torturer Adam Zahir hailed to be the next Home Minister
Male' - Informants in government have confirmed that
Gayyoom's partner in crime, Commissioner of Police Adam
Zahir is going to be appointed as the new Home Minister
and hence will be the chief of police and security in
Maldives.
"Three news Ministers are going to be announced soon
including Dr. Shaheed to the Foreign Ministry, Adam
Zahir to Home Ministry and Dr. Aishath Shiham will also
be appointed to the cabinet" said the informant.
"Special phone lines also have been installed in their
houses and also new cars have been prepared. Also they
have disconnected the special line at Fathuhulla
Jameel's house" added the informant.
There has been a lot of talk about changes to the
cabinet over the last 2 weeks but none have materialised
because Fathuhulla Jameel reportedly disapprove of these
changes and want to go on being the longest serving
Foreign Minister in the world.
Adam Zahir's appointment will be a clear statement by
Gayyoom to the people and a reminder that he intends to
rule by fear, torture and intimidation, master of which
is Adam Zahir.
DO can also reveal that Adam Zahir is going to visit UK
end of this week to attend a graduation ceremony. He can
expect a colourful reception and a possible attempt of a
citizens arrest according to Maldivian reformist in UK.
Special News Report More
arbitrary arrests leads to unrest in Male'
Male' - Last night several
reformists were arrested in Male' whilst they were preparing banners and posters
for promoting Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) in their island of Thinadhoo in
Huvadhu Atoll. A leading reformist Naasthaa Waheed was arrested along with
several of his associates and assistants who included Waheed's manager Mohamed
Ali, Mugnee, Zubair who is a taxi driver and Nuzrul Islam, Ali Adam (adambe'
from Thinadhoo), a Bangladeshi working
at Naasthaa Hotel. In addition to their arrest, they also confiscated all the
banners and posters they made. read more
Editorial
Gayyoom
and Mob Culture - desperate to remain in power
In Maldives Mob culture is quite rare
and the kind of factional fighting that we are witnessing now is almost always
organised by Gayyoom and his cronies. It is quite amazing how Gayyoom's
immediate family is involved in organising these illicit activities headed by
his brother Yameen, the Trade Minister. Yet, he wants people to believe that
these unrests and social problems are caused by the introduction of multiparty
democracy. Who is he trying to convince and sell his ideals to?
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Local News
Dunya Maumoon Ijuthijaajed by UN
officials
As a UN staff Dunya Maumoon cannot affiliate with or
join a political party but she thought that because her
Father is THE Dictator she can do anything. DO can
reveal that she has been ijuthijaajed by UN officals in
Male'. The official might have to leave the country
pretty soon for insulting a royal.
Dunya was poised to take over the reign of power in
Maldives after Gayyoom's demise or death or
disappearance according to most political analysts.
However, any such transition of power to a family member
of Gayyoom is impossible now because the great majority
of Maldivians despise Gayyoom and his entire family.
Opinion 'International Best Practices' - by brigay Adam Zahir!
The electronic media, including DO and minivannews, frequently accuse President
Maumoon's government of practicing extreme torture in Maldivian prisons. They
accuse that most people jailed in Maldives are tortured to extract confessions.
I have interviewed a lot of people who were imprisoned and found, as Dr. Shaheed
might have said, 'it is simply not true'. The latest media buzzword bandied
about by the DRP would better describe the handling of prisoners in Maldives.
'International best practices' are used in Maldivian prisons.
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Opinion
Remove Maumoon, the dictator
From the current assaults in Male', it can be seen that
they are organized. The thugs involved in these assaults
are sponsored by the now unpopular president of
Maldives. A few days ago, he highlighted at a meeting in
Vilingili, a nearby island to the west of Male’, of his
proposed party, People’s Party, that he has and would
use power against what he called lawbreaking. A few
minutes of his speech later, a fighting broke between
his supporters and supporters of other parties. The
purpose of Maumoon's speech was to create fear among the
public.
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Tourism News
3rd GLOBAL SUMMIT ON PEACE THROUGH
TOURISM One Earth One Family: Travel and Tourism - Serving a
Higher Purpose , October 2 – 5, 2005, At the Royal Cliff
Beach Resort, Pattaya, Thailand
The 3rd Global Summit on Peace through
Tourism, in support of the U.N. Decade of Peace and
Non-Violence for the Children of the World and the U.N.
Millennium Goals, sets out to develop a “21st century
Agenda for Peace through Tourism” and addresses the key
global issues of our time.
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Local News
'Adduvas NOT for sale!' -
adduvas Yameen the raja has proposes
to buy ADDUVAS. He has sent several 3rd parties to
ADDUVAS to buy it. It is expected that he will try Fiyes
too. Raagondi Raaja is desperate to control critical
articles in weekly magazines these days. Its expected
that he will soon launch his own magazine. By the way
ADDUVAS had rejected the offer.
Press Release -
Adhaalath Party
'Some existing Maldivian Laws contradict
with the norms and principals of Islam' - Sheikh Hussein
Rasheed Ahmed
A comment by the founder of
Adhaalath Party Sheikh Hussein Rasheed Ahmed is forcing
AG Dr. Hassan Saeed to use DRPs well known "it's not
true" approach to confront.
read Press Release
Breaking News Gayyoom's family
resorting to create unrest using his nephews and paid
mobs! Where is Gayyoom's anti-riot squad??? Male' - More unrest and mob
violence has been reported from Male' Artifical beach
tonight. These mob groups are gathering there and
fighting each other creating fear and anger amongst the
public. Confirmed sources say that Gayyoom's brother
Trader Minister Yameen's own son and Gayyoom's nephews,
kids of Adheel Jaleel are amongst the leading people in
one side of the mob. Police jeep arrived at the place
but was smashed.
12:30 - Yameen's other group led by Suzeynu is
reportedly on his way to the place. Police are not doing
anything to stop the violence but are being spectators
according to eyewitnesses. Reporters are scared to take
any photos fearing what the mob will do to them. Gayyoom
is trying hard to blame party politics for these
divisions which he is plotting. Locals are fully aware
of this and they even forecasted this following Gayyoom
threats to use military force to crush any unrest.
12:50 - Yameen's group under the command of General
Suzanov is now waiting near Henveiru Park whilst the
other group is near MTCC sawmill area. And, police have
now fled from the scene. Yameen is reportedly paying
these mobs daily salaries, ranging from 300 Rufiyaa per
day to 1000 or more to senior commanders like General
Suzenov.
Opinion National Narcotics
Control Board(NNCB) - “what a waste”!
The
Maldivian public had concluded that unless the smuggling
of drugs is reduced there is no cure to this sad
disaster happening among us. Many admit that they don’t
believe that neither rehabilitation nor the NNCB had any
significant success. But everyday we hear that the NNCB
is venturing on a new ant-drug project. The reason for
the difference in the public view and the daily news is
the incompetent management who are notorious for running
goalless campaigns and projects that end up less than
half complete.
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Opinion Unconstitutional acts
of Dictator Gayyoom has stripped away hope and
confidence! (Part III)
“Our
past was full with pain, tragedy and hope. As we stand
at the threshold of a new era, it is important to take a
look back on where our country has been”.
more
Opinion Imagine a life like
this………
Imagine
life today without electricity. Imagine a life without
easy access to basic health facilities. Imagine a life
without the availability of affordable education.
Imagine a life where you do not have any freedom.
Freedom to express your grievances, freedom to complain,
freedom to choose your own leader, freedom to criticize
the unfair, freedom of social assembly.
more
Reliable sources have reported that Atolls minister
abudhallaa hameed and Home Minister Umar Zahir has resigned. Maumoon has
accepted their resignation. The news will be made public tomorrow or
day-after.
Breaking News
A mob fight is currently taking place at artificial beach. It
is believed to be an initiation by yameen to let his brother thuthombe(gayye)
to re-instantiate article 144 of the constitution. 'Kulli nurakkaluge
haalathu'. Yameen is such a disgrace to human kind.
Local News Gayyooms officials
stepping on their own _ _ _ _ _, what a shame!
Hamdun hameed has a baby. his
wife had given birth to their second child. The couple
are at Singapore. they had been accompanied by Abdulla
Hameed.
more
Local News Economic & Social
policy of MPP "Just Say Yes"!
You can sum up the economic and
social policy of the Peoples’ Party in just three words: ‘Just say yes’. The
Peoples’ Party is offering nothing constructive, but blank agreement to anything
a potential voter demands. No analysis of the repercussion, no discussion. Just
say yes. During the past week the following groups of people have put forth
their list of demands to the government. In the coming weeks, more people plan
to come out with their own list.
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Local News If you’re not part of
the solution, you’re part of the problem!
As the
entire country rejoice at the registration of the
Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), I being one of them,
congratulate and salute the party! Like any other, I
have witnessed that MDP was the one and only party
responsible for bringing party politics to the Maldivian
soil when all hell broke loose for the gun-man, Gayyoom.
What a bitter blow to a heavy father like him! Thank you
God! And thank you MDP!
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