MDP moves protest from pavement to the streets
Angered by the police’s attempts to limit protests to pavements, the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) led a march in Malé late at night, walking along streets randomly and sometimes, against the traffic last flow.
19 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Angered by the police’s attempts to limit protests to pavements, the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) led a march in Malé late at night, walking along streets randomly and sometimes, against the traffic flow.
Hundreds of MDP supporters have been gathering at the central junction in front of Seagull café periodically over the past week, calling on the government to release jailed president Mohamed Nasheed, as per the recommendations of a UN human rights panel.
Protesters must remain on the pavements to facilitate traffic flows, a police spokesman said.
Witnesses said dozens of police officers, some in plain clothes, “aggressively pushed protesters out of the street” at 9:45pm. Some 200 protesters then set off chanting for Nasheed’s release. The protest ended at 11:30pm.
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