‘Peace offering’ met with pepper spray and arrests
25 Apr 2015, 5:16 PM
Three activists were arrested from a youth-led opposition protest march yesterday after making a “peace offering” of white roses to riot police.
Specialist Operations (SO) police officers blocked the march at Orchid Magu, issued warnings of dispersal by force, and used pepper spray against protesters after the roses were laid at their feet, Mohamed Azmeel, president of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party’s (MDP) youth wing, told Minivan News today.
“White roses are used everywhere in the world as a peace offering. A group of youth offered white roses to police to show that we are peaceful. But they didn’t accept and pepper sprayed us,” he said.
He noted that the three activists taken into custody were among the group that offered roses to police.
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