Locked Up: 13 writers whose words were held against them
On World Press Freedom Day, The Maldives Independent profiles 13 men – dissidents, writers and journalists – who suffered prison, solitary confinement, prosecution, and torture for their written words.
03 May 2016, 9:00 AM
On World Press Freedom Day, The Maldives Independent profiles 13 men – dissidents, writers and journalists – who suffered prison, solitary confinement, prosecution, and torture for their words, written on newspapers, magazines, leaflets, mailing lists, websites and their own personal diaries.
Abdul Majeed Shameem, reform activist
Abdul Majeed Shameem, known as Majeed Sir, was arrested and sentenced in 1990 for leafletting. He is now a member of the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party.
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