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DO Exclusive
Pictures from the Maafushi
Jail Shooting incident Maldives
20th September 2003;3 inmates were killed and 16 were injured. These pictures have never been seen before.
20th September 2003 incident was triggered when riots broke out in Maafushi Jail, after another inmate was beaten to death by police security personnel on 19th September 2003, Shown below.
Maldives... Torture in tropical paradise
by Ahmed S.I. Moosa (Sappe')
Police brutality is always associated with dictatorships. Freedom of expression and association is virtually outlawed by such regimes. That is the case in the Maldives. A life sentence in a remote jail cell is the bounty of any patriotic person in the Maldives. read moreMaldives... Torture in tropical paradise
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Ali Shahir was only 18
when he was murdered by Maldives Police...his whole life was ahead
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Clear signs of torture |
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The blood patch where
his head rested indicates head injury |
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He
bled from his mouth and nose - torture marks on the neck and chest
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A
former political prisoner believes that these marks of the cuff
indicates that he could have |
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Gayoom's Brutal Justice
This barbarity must be stopped!
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