One hundred divers will wave flags underwater in protest against the jailing of ex-president Mohamed Nasheed on Saturday.
The dive, entitled “Free Climate Hero”, will take place near the West Park Cafe area of the capital on Saturday from 4pm to 6pm.
“You will see flags coming out of the water,” said said Hussein Latheef, a lead organiser of the event, according to Haveeru.
The dive protest is the latest in a series of events aiming to lobby for Nasheed’s release since he was jailed for 13 years on terrorism charges last month.
During his presidency, from 2008 to 2012, Nasheed was an active climate campaigner, highlighting the plight of the Maldives as a small island state vulnerable to rising sea levels.
In 2009 his cabinet made headlines by holding an underwater cabinet meeting calling for global cuts in carbon emissions.
