Police warns MDP to end protest by midnight
The police have warned opposition supporters to confine tomorrow’s mass protest to the Artificial Beach grounds in Malé, and threatened to disperse protesters at midnight on Friday.
26 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
The police have warned opposition supporters to confine tomorrow’s mass protest to the Artificial Beach grounds in Malé, and threatened to disperse protesters by midnight.
The warning is a reversal of an initial agreement to let the ‘Emancipation’ protest, aimed at pressuring President Abdulla Yameen to release political prisoners, to run for three days and 13 minutes.
Home Minister Umar Naseer this morning said he had ordered the police to end the Maldivian Democratic Party’s protest by midnight. “Others have a right to sleep and move freely,” he said.
Chief Superintendent of Police Hamdhoon Rasheed subsequently held a press conference to announce the restrictions, and said they were imposed to protect the rights of other citizens.
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