Find Moyameehaa – we persevere because we love

I worked with Rilwan for eight months. He was mild mannered in life, but loud on social media, mocking the religious extremists, ridiculing the government and the opposition alike for their hypocrisy and brutality. He made us laugh and, in doing so, he dissipated our fears.

In the past year, we’ve chased a hundred leads, obtained and analyzed Rilwan’s phone records, and hacked into his social media accounts for clues. We’ve kept watch at potential sites he may be held, organized petitions, lobbied politicians, held marches, read Rilwan’s poetry on the streets. We’ve papered the city with missing-person posters. When the posters faded in the sun and rain, we put up new ones. And today, we march on the streets of Malé for the third time.

Sometimes it seems as if the odds are insurmountable that we’ll ever find Rilwan. But we cannot give up. Our love for him does not allow us to stop until we find out what happened to him, until we see his remains.