UN opinion on Nasheed’s jailing revives Maldives opposition
A UN human rights panel’s finding that former President Mohamed Nasheed’s imprisonment on a terrorism charge was arbitrary has revived the opposition’s streets activities, while the government’s refusal to adhere to the decision has triggered a storm of criticism online.
03 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
A UN human rights panel’s finding that former President Mohamed Nasheed’s detention was arbitrary has revived the opposition’s streets activities, while the government’s refusal to adhere to the decision has triggered a storm of criticism online.
Nasheed’s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has now resumed its street gatherings, protest marches and mass rallies. Some 200 people attended street gatherings in Malé on Wednesday and Thursday night,and nearly 300 people marched in capital Malé yesterday afternoon.
More than a thousand people attended a rally in southern Addu City last night, according to the MDP.
Police officers broke up the street corner gatherings in Malé, claiming opposition supporters were blocking traffic, but allowed the rallies to continue. The MDP has lodged a complaint with the human rights watchdog over restrictions on freedom of assembly.
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