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Al Jazeera Report
Maldives faces social divide
It is famous for its tropical islands and luxury
resorts, but in September the Maldives was
shaken by an explosion which injured a dozen
tourists. The government fears religious
extremism is threatening the social fabric of
the country, and says foreign religious
influences are responsible. Authorities called
those responsible for the September bombing
"Islamic extremists", influenced by different
schools of the religion taught in other
countries.
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Al-Jazeera Special
People
& Power: Maldives Rising
All around the western world posters of long-sandy beaches and blue water aim to
entice those who can afford it into a holiday on the Maldive Islands in the
Indian Ocean. But the locals who live on the islands have a different outlook.
Decades of political oppression, a heroin epidemic and income levels of less
than two dollars a day hardly qualify as paradise. The government says things
are changing.
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Friends of Maldives Video
Maldives:
Islands of Paradise?
This video has been produced by Friends of Maldives, a human rights
group working with Maldivians to bring peaceful reform to the Republic.
We apologise for its quality. It was made quickly, largely from amateur
footage smuggled out of Maldives. These are the facts of the Maldives
crisis as we know them. We have made every effort to communicate the
truth and wish that the Maldivian Government would do likewise. Only
then will paradise be free.
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Environment/Science
Trouble
in Paradise
Patrick Brown of Canadian Broadcasting
Cooperation (CBC) reports on the island paradise
of the Maldives, which is threatened by rising
water levels, and drowning in political
corruption.
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CNN-IBN
Report
Radical
Islam shows up in Maldives
Maldives: In Maldives, a
100 per cent Sunni Muslim nation of 300,000 people, amid the
picture-perfect holiday getaway and away from the eyes of the tourist -
a more radical form of Islam is being preached and one of the most
liberal Muslim countries on earth is worried. Says Maldives Foreign
Minister, Ahmed Shaheed, "The country has gone through a very rapid
demographic transition. In 1993, the government passed a legislation
called the Act of Unity designed to ensure that extremists never issue a
fatwa to rural communities."
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CNN-IBN
Report
Trouble in Paradise
Slam govt, get arrested in Maldives
Maldives: It is the world's most
popular honeymoon destination, a
picture perfect archipelago on the
Indian Ocean, where the rich and
famous from all corners of the world
come on holiday. Think of the
Maldives and you probably see as a
picture-perfect holiday getaway,
with white sandy beaches and swaying
palm trees.
report and video
Channel 4 Special Report
Crackdown
in the Maldives
The authorities in the Maldives have been cracking down
on political dissent. The Maldives have become a holiday
destination for the well heeled. But away from the eyes
of tourists, the government there has been cracking down
on political dissent. Watch the report
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Channel
4 UK TV Report
More
than islands of paradise
More4 News investigates a political storm brewing over
the idyllic islands of the Maldives. Think of the
Maldives and you probably see as a picture-perfect
holiday getaway, with white sand beaches and swaying
palm trees. Or maybe you think of the images when it was
badly hit by the Boxing Day Tsunami. But while the
Maldives has recovered well from that disaster, it now
seems to be caught in another tidal wave, this time a
political one. Ruled for almost three decades by
President Gayoom, things are now beginning to change. He
promised multi-party elections to take place in 2008.
However many are unhappy about the pace of reform, and
claim there's persecution of opposition politicians.
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alone flash video)
BBC Asia Today (Recording)
Unrest
in Maldives Report on BBC
"Dictator Gayyoom is committing a crime against our people. There
is no social justice in the country. He really has to resign now and give the
reform process a chance, that is the only way forward". This recording has been
requested by DO readers who missed the TV program of 15th August 2005.
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BBC
Asia Today
"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?"
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BBC World Asia Today
Report on Maldives Election
On 1st December 2004, BBC
Asia Today report assessed the credibility of the
upcoming parliamentary election in the Maldives. Views
from both Gayyoom's side and MDP were shown.
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interview or
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to download the program
(24 meg file)
From BBC News WATCH/LISTEN
The Maldives President, Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom
"There has been no crackdown on reformists"
The BBC's Sanjeev Srivastava
"There is now a state of emergency
in the Maldives"
The BBC's Sanjeev Srivastava
"A state of siege in one of the world's most exotic tourist destinations"
Gayyoom should resign immediately
Ahmed
Moosa (Sappe'), Member of the General Council of Maldivian Democratic
Party (MDP) and Editor in chief of Dhivehi Observer calls on Gayyoom to
resign immediately and let the people of Maldives to decide what comes
next.
10/06/2004 on BBC World Asia Today
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