Citizens honor Evan Naseem in rally against torture
20 Sep 2011, 7:38 PM
Eleanor Johnstone
Maldivians honored the eighth anniversary of Evan Naseem’s death and the subsequent shootings at Maafushi Jail in a rally at the tsunami memorial today.
The events of 20 September 2003 are considered critical moments in Maldivian democracy that led to the ousting of former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.
About 100 people attended the rally, which featured speeches and posters of torture victims. The event will continue tomorrow at 4:00pm.
Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) founding member Mohamed ‘Bounty’ Nazim described his experience of Naseem’s death, and the protests that followed in Male’.
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