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Saturday 30 April 2005
Local
News
MDP
membership is increasing as party chairman returns home
Thousands of people
went to the airport and to the jetty near Nasandhura
Palace Hotel in Male' this morning to welcome the
Chairman of the Maldivian Democratic Party who has been
in exile for over 20 months.
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Yahoo
News
Rice
Calls for Acceleration of Democracy
Condoleezza Rice
says the world's democracies must use the power of
shared ideals "to accelerate democracy's movement to
ever more places across the globe." Rice spoke Thursday
night to a meeting of the Community of Democracies, one
of a growing number of organizations worldwide that
backs the spread of representative government.
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The
Hindu - India
Nasheed's
return being keenly watched
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: : Maldivians
are keenly watching the scheduled return of the chairman
of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) in exile,
Mohamed Nasheed (Anni), to the Maldives on Saturday.
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News
Update - Anni comes home >>>
Male' - 12:30 Anni and his
supporters were confronted by the BG group near the IGMH
Hospital area and Anni has now gone hom in a taxi in
order to curb any attempts to create violence by these
Paateys, who are sponsored by Gayyoom's cronies.
Male'
- 11:30 Anni arrives Male' on a Dhoni to be received by
hundreds of well wishers and is now walking home with
them. "Even cops were happy to see him and shook hands
with him" said Haleem who was overjoyed. "I think this
is a great moment for us," he added further.
Airport - 11:10 Anni came
out and walked through the crowd and is now heading off
to the jetty. Tears of joy and happiness were in many
eyes. "They are screaming and crying with Happiness"
said DO source.
Airport - 11:05 Welcome
Anni - supporters are displaying banners at the airport
welcoming Anni to the Maldives after almost 2 years in
exile. Anni's own family and friends as well as
supporters are at the airport.
Airport
- 10:50 EK 552 has landed safely and Anni is expected to
be out of the immigration and customs within 30 minutes.
More than 250 people are
believed to be at the airport now and many are on their
way. This number is apparently outnumbered by 300
policemen on alert.
Leader of Yameen's Paatey
Group Suzeynu has also sent some of his boys to the
airport which is an indication of what is to come today.
Local
News
MDP
Leader Anni bound for Home
As scheduled, Anni is on
his way to Male' and expected to arrive at Male'
International Airport in just shortly.
According to local sources
several people are already in the airport to welcome him
and many are going to receive him at Male'.
A huge number of police
are on alert, as many as 300 according to sources there.
He is on flight EK552
which departed Colombo at local time 09:23.
News
Friends
of Maldives Founder David Hardingham denied entry to
Maldives
In an extraordinary show of ingratitude the government
of Maldives yesterday refused entry into the country of
the founder and chairman of Friends of Maldives (FOM)
one of the largest Aid providers to the Maldives.
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Readers
Comments
Welcome
Home Anni...
First of All, Mr. Nasheed (Anni) let me thank you for
all the hard work you have done over the years to bring
democracy to the Maldives. No one can deny the fact that
despite several business opportunities you have had, you
chose to serve us, the destitute people of Maldives.
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more
Review
Maldives
dictator threatened by southern magicians
Black magic is being used against the Maldives dictator
as frustration mounts over his refusal to allow human
rights and political freedoms in Male' and the atolls. A
form of traditional fanditha magic known as sihuru is
being directed at Gayyoom and his extended family.
Sihuru's most experienced practitioners are based on
Addu and Huvadhu atolls in the far south of the country.
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Friday 29 April 2005
Associated Press
Maldivian
pro-democracy activist to return from exile to set up
opposition party
A Maldivian
pro-democracy activist is expected to return from exile
Saturday to form an opposition political party in the
island nation ruled by an authoritarian regime, the
party said Friday.
Mohamed Nasheed, chairman of the Maldives Democratic
Party that is operating in exile in neighboring Sri
Lanka, will return home "with the explicit intention of
peacefully establishing the MDP, by registering
supporters and opening an administrative party office,"
the party said in a statement.
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Indo-Asian News Service
Opposition leader to return to
Maldives
Colombo, April 29 (IANS) A senior leader of the main
opposition party in the Maldives is returning to his
country from self-imposed exile to test President
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's promise of multi-party democracy.
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Local News
Dhiraagu
Mobile numbers expanding in digits only
Effective today, all Dhiraagu Mobile numbers will have
an additional digit starting with 7, (i.e. 772211 will
be 7772211). The old numbers will work until end of July
'05. It is believed that Dhiraagu is installing a new
system in order increase their competitive advantage
with Al-Wataniyya, due to launch a new mobile network in
Maldives soon.
What
strikes most people is how much of a market share
Dhiraagu stands to loose because many are determined to
switch to Wataniyyaa just to show their outrage and
express their anger at years of being ripped off.
Telecom
charges in Maldives is one of the highest in the world.
Dhiraagu cooperates with Gayyoom's government in their
illicit operations undermining the Maldives
constitution. The day is not far off, when they will be
held to account for it.
Minivan
News
Nasheed to
Return Home to Facilitate Reform Process – The Maldivian
Democratic Party
The Chairperson of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)
Mohamed Nasheed (Anni) is to return to the Maldives on
Saturday 30th April after 18 months in self-imposed
exile.
Nasheed is returning to the Maldives in order to
facilitate the President’s and the people of Maldives’
desire to have multi-party democracy by January 2006.
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FoM Press Release
New
Hope for Democratic Reform as Exiled Political Leader
Returns to Maldives
Friends of Maldives (FOM) is hopeful that the return
from self-imposed exile of Mohamed Nasheed, Chairperson
of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)will open up a
new era of meaningful democratic reform in the Maldives.
However, FOM remains concerned that he may be subject to
arbitrary arrest.
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more
New
India Press
On
the trail of a Maldivian terrorist...
KOCHI: Exactly 10 days after Pakistan President Pervez
Musharraf left India after cementing bilateral ties, a
closely-guarded secret about the arrest of a sworn anti-Musharraf
Maldivian terrorist in Kerala is slowly trickling out.
Kerala Police, acting on an intelligence input, arrested
Asif Ibrahim, head of a sleeping capsule of Jama’ah Tul
Muslimeen in Puttalam, Sri Lanka, while he was scouring
the possibility of buying sniper guns and explosives for
subversive activities in Maldives.
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Local News
Late
Major Hulhule' Moosa son beaten up inside IGMH Hospital
by Maldives police while the parliament discussed
torture bill
Male' - Ahmed Fayaz (Fayaa) who has been serving a drugs
related sentence in Maafushi jail was brought to IGMH
Hospital yesterday for a medical check-up and treatment.
To his misfortune, inside the hospital reception, he saw
a man who had tortured him in jail, a policeman. He
immediately screamed and threw verbal abuse at the man
which raged him and 3 of his Police colleagues who
indiscriminately began beating the life out of Faya
until he could not move. The officials of Prisons
department stood there until the policemen were finished
and then had to transfer Faya to the emergency room for
treatment. What was meant to be a routine medical
check-up turned out to be a matter of life and death.
Ironically, all of this happening in broad daylight in
the central hospital in Male' whilst the house of
parliament was debating the issue of torture and killing
by Gayyoom's police in Maldives.
Faya is believed to be stable but had sustained serious
injuries during this rampage.
Word of caution to readers; please do not attack or
abuse policemen, they are above the law.
Readers' Opinion
Ten things I want Most to happen in
Maldives
Show Majlis meetings on TV by which a
considerable majority of the population can view rather than writing it on
internet from which only a minority of the people can view. This will create
enormous awareness among the huge politically uninterested public on how the
political decision affect their lives.
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The
Hindu
Bid
to procure arms foiled, Maldivian deported - Plot was to
target religious centre in Male
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the arrest and deportation of
Ibrahim Asif, a Maldivian, on April 24, the State police
and Central agencies have foiled an attempt by religious
fundamentalist groups based in the U.K. and Male to
procure arms from Kerala and use them against prominent
religious centres and Government functionaries in the
Maldives, official sources said.
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Local News
2-month
No-Pay Leave for several Maldivians working in tourist
resorts
After the tsunami
hit the Maldives last December, the occupancy of the
Maldives resorts have fell dramatically. However,
according to industry experts, the industry is
recovering at a satisfactory speed and occupany although
low compared to previos years, is relatively good and
increasing stadily and is currently at around 50%.
In an attempt to cut costs, resort managements have
started giving No-Pay leaves to many local staff for 2
months. These people say that they are only paid US$150
on average and that income is desperately needed for
their families to survive. What is upsetting them is
that there are foreign executive staff who are paid as
much as 10 times the local average pay, who are not
asked to take a No-Pay leave.
Local News
Gayyoom's
visit to North Atolls
Dhidhdhoo - Despite
the claim that it was an official visit by Gayyoom to
Northern Haa Alif Atoll, according to locals it was just
a site inspection visit to see the situation at his
son-in-law, the Bangladeshi-British millionair Shuaib
Shah's Dhonakuli Resort and Supposed-to-be Yacht Marina.
Named "Island Hideaway" Dhonakulhi is almost completely
developed to be marketted as a luxury spa resort and not
as a Yacht marina as it was originally expected.
Another twist in the project is that in Dhonakulhi -
Island Hideaway - there are more than 70 foreign workers
and just 15 local Maldivians, which is again supposed to
be against the law but then Prince Shuaib is above the
law for he is after all Gayyoom's favourite son in law.
Opinion
"Have
the mullahs turned Christian?" – What's the Point?
It appears the article titled "Have the mullahs turned
Christian?" appearing on the so-called Maldives Royal
Family website is aimed at tarnishing the image of Islam
as a tolerant religion. Reading other articles in the
site also confirms this. The author goes on quoting
Quranic verses out of context without considering other
verses relating to the same issue or the historical
context of the verses. This is a typical strategy used
by people who want to portray Islam as an intolerant
religion, among other things. For the benefit of
readers, here's some explanation which will clarify the
doubts the article may have created about Islam.
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Letter to Editor
We hate Maumoon...
First of all, there is no doubt that you are doing a
great job there. I am a Maldivian currently studying in
Malaysia. I also would like tell something about how
Maumoon is ruling the country.
In the last 27 years Maumoon did whatever, he can to
keep the people of Maldives in ignorance. The main
reason for this is undoubtedly to remain in power.
However, since Maldivians have a great desire for
education, parents spend almost all of their income for
the education of their children. Therefore, our parents
today have broken Maumoons' resistance to keep us in the
dark. This is why today his people are questioning his
way of ruling the country. Today we know that he is not
capable as a leader.
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Local News
International
Aid Sustaining Gayyoom's Torturous Rule in Maldives
South Atoll Development Building built in Hithadhoo in
Addu Atoll is currently being used as a regional police
headquarter in order to crush the rebellion against
Gayyoom's tyranny according to local sources.
The building which was design and built under aid from
Asian Development Bank and Islamic Development Bank is
supposed to be the coordinating centre for the
developments in Southern Atolls of Maldives. Locals say
that the building has never really been used for any
purpose other than activities of the Atolls Ministry,
which is charged with these development programs.
People of Addu Atoll are disgusted by the fact that
Gayyoom's police is now occupying the buildings with the
full blessing of the Atoll Minister Abdulla Hameed,
whose prime objective is to sustain the rule of his
elder brother Gayyoom. Addu people are courageously
standing against the regime of Gayyoom and the only
objective of Gayyoom's police is to terrorise and
torture them - the people of Addu Atoll.
International organization and community is urged to
review their cooperation with the illegitimate
government of Gayyoom as their prime objective is to
develop the nation of Maldives and contribute and assist
in the development of the livelihoods of her people.
Gayyoom is abusing the rights of his people and using
such aid to prolong his reign of terror. The people of
Addu despise him and want better days for the people of
Maldives which can only be possible WITHOUT Gayyoom.
Many
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Another
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