Missing journalist’s family pepper sprayed at ‘Question March’
Police officers obstructed a march held in Malé today by family and friends of missing Minivan News journalist Ahmed Rilwan, pepper spraying family members at the front line and arresting one relative.
08 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
Police officers obstructed a march held in Malé today by family and friends of missing Minivan News journalist Ahmed Rilwan, pepper spraying family members at the front line and arresting one man.
The ‘Suvaalu March’ (Question March) was held to mark one year after Rilwan went missing. The 29-year-old was last seen on CCTV footage entering the ferry terminal in Malé around 12:45am on August 8, 2014 and is believed to have been abducted at knifepoint outside his apartment building in Hulhumalé.
The march began near the social centre and headed east on Majeedhee Magu, the capital’s main thoroughfare. Police officers attempted to block the march twice, the first time near the Maafanu cemetery and then at the Chandhanee Magu junction, but the participants walked on.
The police officers were not in riot gear and had not set up barricades.
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