Opposition condemns “arbitrary arrest” of 15 protesters during anti-government demonstration
02 Feb 2013, 2:16 PM
Mohamed Naahee
Police on Friday have arrested 15 Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) activists at the party’s protest site ‘Usfasgandu’, during an anti-government demonstration.
Police said the demonstrators were arrested on charges of “breaking the police barricades” and “obstructing police duty”.
The police had previously cordoned off the party’s protest site after the High Court ordered police to repossess the area until it delivered a verdict in an ownership dispute between Male’ City Council (MCC) and the Housing Ministry.
Over a thousand MDP demonstrators took to the streets of Male’ on Friday, calling for President Mohamed Waheed Hassan to immediately step down along with other government figures including Defense Minister Mohamed Nazim and Commissioner of Police Abdulla Riyaz.
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