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Sunday 17 April 2005

Minivan News
“I now have a Maldivian Passport” – Mohamed Nasheed (Anni)
Mohamed Nasheed (Anni), Chairperson of the exiled Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) now has a Maldivian passport, removing the last obstacle in the way of him returning home to the Maldives. more

Minivan News
Further Leaked Statement Substantiates Claims Police Guilty of Murder or Man-slaughter
The following is the translation of the statement given by Ahmed Zuhoor to the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives regarding the death in custody of Muaviath Mahmood. more

Editor
Maumoon! The perfect hypocrite
The royal news from The Presidents Office read that Emir of Qatar "congratulated the President on his democratic reform agenda". Well! He also tutored a small lesson about democracy to gayye, which has been omitted for "National Security Reasons", hehe. Read below!
The Peninsula
Democracy, key to modern state: Emir of Qatar
DHAKA: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani stressed that achievement of democracy, social justice and equality in rights and duties is the ideal way of attaining affluence and dignity to people and laying down the sound foundations for building a modern state. more

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Saturday 16 April 2005

Minivan News
Leaked Statement from Fellow Inmate Provides More Evidence Police Killed Muaviath Mahmood
The following is the translation of the statement given by detainee Shamoon Rasheed to the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives regarding the death in custody of Muaviath Mahmood on 9 March 2005. more

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Friday 15 April 2005

Politics & Dhiraagu
Dhiraagu Manager Violating our Basic Rights
Dhiraagu, the Maldives Telecom Company until very recently was labelled as the only company without any political leanings. They normally did not interfere in the political activities and never used any kinds of influences in the past. It’s Sad to say that these days are over. In the last general election to elect the parliament members, Dhiraagu has used force, to intimidate reformists in Dhiraagu and even warned them. more

Democracy - People Power
The Maldivian Public dissent could soon evolve into violence
Friendly and helpful are words that tourists used to describe a Maldivian. The foreigners praise Maldivians for their warm smiles and helpfulness. Maldivians for years have been commended as trust worthy and welcoming. Though we have faced some political problems during our long history, our society has remained a peaceful society since we got independence. Public unrest and dissent was not common in Maldivians until late 2003. Maldivians were obedient and follows the orders of the government whether it’s just or not. more

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Thursday 14 April 2005

News
Asian Centre for Human Rights responds to Gayyoom's lies
First, since the Peoples' Special Majlis has been entrusted with the responsibility to draft a new constitution, it must be given the freedom to fulfil its responsibility. The President's 31-point reform proposals constitute interference into the mandate of the Peoples’ Special Majlis. They are prescriptive and do not provide the opportunity to the Peoples' Special Majlis to address the shortcomings of the 1998 constitution. read more

Minivan News
"No Reform with Gayoom in Power" - Former Minister IH Zaki
Former two-times Minster and Secretary-General of SAARC Ibrahim Hussain Zaki has lashed out at his former boss, President Gayoom, declaring there is "no chance" for political liberalisation with Gayoom's regime in power.
Zaki, former Deputy-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Planning and Tourism Minster said his experiences working within the government made him certain Gayoom will never let go.
"There's no doubt I worked for the government as I would with a friendly party. I wished to seek changes while working within the system. But my ten years of experience in the Cabinet has affirmed my belief that reforms will not be implemented with the present regime in power" Zaki stated in an interview with Minivan Radio yesterday.
Zaki, who joined the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) after leaving the cabinet, was arrested following the 12-13 August 2004 pro-democracy rally in Male'. Following his arrest he was made several offers of a new post within Gayoom’s cabinet but refused. read more

Minivan News
15 Minutes with former SAARC Secretary-General Ibrahim Hussain Zaki
Minivan Radio talks to IH Zaki, the former Minister and SAARC Secretary-General who shocked the regime by defecting to the Maldivian Democratic Party. read more

Characteristics of a Dictator

Mugabe: Gayoom’s perfect match

By now everyone must have known that one of the last surviving members of the dying breed Mr. Robert Mugabe had secured the top post again. The news is hardly surprising to us Maldivian’s let alone the world. We have been ruled for the past centuries by similar Mugabe’s. more

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Wednesday 13 April 2005

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Business & Politics

STELCO: providing a valuable service or getting the big business to the company itself

STELCO: the sole provider of crucial electricity to the nation is often dubbed as a place where they just squeeze the people of Maldives to the extreme. To add insult to the injury Gayoom and his brother Yameen (who unofficially heads the place even now) on many national ramblings have reminded the same poor Maldivians who are struggling day and night to pay their last penny for electricity, that the government is doing well in providing them this service. more

Religion & Politics

What happened to Miss Maldives Pageant?

After 52 years, the Miss Maldives Pageant was about to make a comeback till the Home Ministry informed the event organizers that the event cannot be held based on religious grounds. This was informed to them after permission was given to them to hold the event. It is one thing to give permission but it is another thing to give the permission and take it back again the next day. This just shows that Maumoon is not good at making decisions at all and as we all know, not able to run a country, let alone an Islamic country. more

Minivan News

Gayoom says Opponents’ Motive to Facilitate Christian Missionary Work

President Gayoom’s remarks, in a dawn address to the nation on the occasion of the country’s national day, were seen as a desperate move to create detestation amidst a growing groundswell of support for the banned opposition Maldivian Democratic Party. more

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Tuesday 12 April 2005

Business & Politics

Should Yaameen's foreign vessels be allowed to loot Maldives EEZ waters?

According to the Fisheries law of Maldives (Law No. 5/87, 24 August 1987) empowers Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture (MOFA) to "formulate and administer regulations on matters relating to fisheries" and to give it the "obligation.... to explore the possibilities for the development of fisheries to carry out the research need for such development and to develop fisheries". Hence it can be seen that the responsibility of proper and efficient management of the fisheries resources depends on the MOFA. It has to provide a basic framework in terms of clear policies for efficient resource management as well as collecting and analysing statistical information on fisheries necessary for the management and development of the sector. read more

Poems
Beaten to Death
I was beaten to death
But I was innocent and god knows that
Once I was in the jail
Then I saw some scary faces
Coming closer to me read more

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Monday 11 April 2005

Minivan News
Police Arrest Landhu Ibrahim
Ibrahim Hussein from Landhu Island, who is taking President Gayoom's brother Yameen to court for election fraud, has been arrested sources from Male' have confirmed.
Friends have said that the authorities had been following Landhu Ibrahim ever since he lodged a complaint at the High Court against the Trade Minister Abdulla Yameen for flouting election regulations as a candidate in the parliamentary elections of January 2005.
Landhu Ibrahim was arrested yesterday morning whilst he was listening to Gayoom's dawn speech at Jumhooree Maidhan.

News

MDP Member Ilyas Hussain Ibrahim attends Inter-parliamentary Union Assembly in Manila
Member of the Special Majlis for Ari Atoll, Ilyas Hussain Ibrahim has just returned from Manila, Philippines after attending the 112th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly. Hon. Ilyas attended the conference on behalf of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) as it was invited to attend the meetings held from 3 - 8th April 2005. read more

Politics of the Dictator
Gayyoom rejected a proposal from a western oil refinery firm to be setup in Gan in 1980
In the early 1980s a western firm (Scimitar Refinery co., with oil interests in the Middle East) was interested in setting up an oil refinery on Gan. But its proposal was rejected because of Maldives' suspicion that the refinery could be used to serve the US Navy in the Indian Ocean. Now, in order to prevent the use of Gan for any foreign military purposes including refuelling and servicing facilities, the government has converted the island into an industrial zone with garment factories. While appreciating the atoll state's regional security policy, India stated that it laid a "strong foundation" for friendship between India and Maldives. read more

Editorial
Gayyoom National Day Dawn Speech

Yesterday was the Maldives National Day, celebrating the liberation fight of the Maldivian Hero, Mohamed Thakurufaanu, who fought the Portuguese occupation in the 16^th Century. History has noted that the Portuguese occupation of Maldives was from 1558 – 1573, during which they tried to convert the Maldivians to Christianity. The invasion or the assault was believed to be led by a Maldivian King, Hassan IX, who converted to Christianity and fled to India but later organised the whole plot to takeover his regency. There appears to be no record of any Portuguese State sponsored invasion of Maldives and hence, it is widely accepted amongst most historians as an internal problem rather than a foreign aggression. read more

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Sunday 10 April 2005

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Another Earthquake in Sumartra - Indonesia

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News in Pictures
Dissent on the rise in Addu
Addu Atoll is the largest Atoll in Maldives in terms of population and known to be a highly educated Atoll and a hard working people. Apart from Male', the capital, the political and social awareness in Addu was evident in the way they elected two anti-government candidates to the parliament last week. "We don't have faith in the institutions anymore, even these MPs are not going to do very much because Gayyoom has an overall majority. Nothing going to happen in the parliament" said a senior youth reform movement member in Addu. He further added, "we all want to get arrested and show Gayyoom that we are not scared of him anymore." read more

Economic Review

Who is the Father of the Maldives Tourism Industry?
According to Gayyoom, the whole idea was developed by his good old classmate Dr. Mohamed Zahir Hussain during their time at Azhar University. He talked about some essay that Zahir wrote whilst they were all students in Egypt.
But, when you think hard about what has happened over the last 30 years in Maldives, credit must go to the very people who have invested everything they had in developing the tourism industry of the Maldives. read more

Editorial
A 2 Billion Dollar Church in Maldives – desperate propaganda from the dictator's parrots
When anyone opposes and criticises the dictatorship of Gayyoom, they get labelled by his lackeys as traitors, terrorists, fundamentalists and/or Christian missionaries. Dhivehi Observer, Maldivian Democratic Party and other opposition organisations have been blamed by Gayyoom and his top officials for trying to spread Christianity in Maldives and attempting to destroy the religious unity in the country. Gayyoom's cronies claim the opposition is fully funded by Christian organisations with the objective of converting Maldives to their faith. read more

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Saturday 9 April 2005

Editorial
Dictator Or Not?
The illicit government of Maldives is run by Gayyoom with maximum control over all affair of it. The ministerial portfolios of Gayyoom's nepotistic government have no powers whatsoever over their affair and everything has to be approved by the Dictator himself, including the agenda of meetings, down to the very fine details such as which verse of Quran should be recited in meetings. read more

Review
Nepotism in Maldives is a world record
The current record for nepotism and cronyism amongst leaders of states is held by President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of the Maldives, who at the last count had at least eleven family members, in-laws and cronies in his cabinet, plus numerous close relatives and friends in the highest government posts. read more

Editorial
“It was not laws, but money that limited press freedom” says Dr. Shaheed
Dr. Shaheed needs to get a health check-up because lately he has been babbling nonsense in the name of the Maldivian people aimed at saving the rule of his Master, Gayyoom “the hypocrite of the millennium”.
The most outrageous comment he has made to date was the one on BBC on 24^th January this year, when he said “Gayyoom is the father of reform in the Maldives.” Perhaps he was trying too hard to prove his point and got carried away. But, as Chief Government Spokesman he really should not get carried away on world media when billions are watching him. read more

(This was the editorial of 8th April 2005 - republished due to publication error)

BBC - Health
Understanding Drugs - Use and Addiction
People who are dependent on drugs usually use them to simply make themselves feel better, but drug abuse can have dire consequences. James Tighe, clinical nurse research fellow, explains how to identify addictions and get help for them. read more

New in Brief
shaviyanilubnazahir Lubna Zahir to declare allegiance to MDP
Colombo - DO sources in Colombo have confirmed that MDP senior members are holding talks with Special Majlis Member Lubna Zahir, the daughter of former cabinet Minister Zahir Hussain. Mr. Zahir was a classmate and one of the closest friends of Gayyoom as well as the owner of the leading local daily, Haveeru News.
Lubna, a lawyer educated in United Kingdom, is believe to hold views that are in-line with the opposition Maldivian democratic party (MDP).
However, as an old local saying goes (Ala gahakun keyo nireh nufalhaaney), most MDP members and supporters will be sceptical of this new addition to the core MDP parliamentarians.

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"Verily never will God change the condition of a people until they change it themselves."

Holy Qur'an 13:11

THE DREAM

By the strength of our common endeavour, to achieve what we cannot do alone, to grant each of us the power to realize our full potential, and the means to create for this and future generations a community in which power, wealth and opportunity are in the hands of the many not the few, where the respect we receive reflect the duties we owe, so that freed from the tyranny of poverty, ignorance and fear, we could live together in spirit of solidarity tolerance and respect.

[Clause 4 - Labour Party - UK]

Today's Message to Gayyoom

Time to go away... you have no other choice!

Ahmed

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Quotes

The only thing necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire