Police block opposition Women’s Day march
Female leaders, activists and supporters of the joint opposition parties gathered at the Jumhooree Party headquarters to begin the silent march around 6:45 am but riot police officers quickly set up barricades to block their path.
08 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM
A silent march planned by the opposition early Thursday morning to mark International Women’s Day was obstructed before it began.
Female leaders, activists and supporters of the joint opposition parties gathered at the Jumhooree Party headquarters to begin the march around 6:45 am. But riot police officers quickly set up barricades to block their path.
The opposition announced plans for the march, dubbed “Walk the Talk,” on Wednesday afternoon, insisting it would not be a political event.
“Women’s Day is being marked all over the world. This is what we see when we tried to mark it here in the Maldives,” Malé City Mayor Shifa Mohamed told reporters near the JP headquarters Kunooz.
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