Friday 18 March 2005

Minivan News

BREAKING NEWS: SHOCKING NEW EVIDENCE PROVES POLICE MURDERED MUAVIATH
"Muaviath & I were tied with our hands behind our backs and beaten by police in Dhoonidhoo" – fellow inmate Zuhooru
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In memory of Enamaa Boat Disaster Victims

Enamaa Boat Disaster .. a year on
 

One of the worst sea disasters in Maldives occurred last year. A year on, family of the tens of victims from Thinadhoo Islands still remember their loved one with great sadness and profound loss. On behalf of DO Readers, we extend our heartfelt sympathy and sorrow to all those who lost their loved ones and suffered in that most tragic disaster. Disaster occurred on 17th March 2004, however most funerals took place on the 18th unfolding the calamity of the incident. Today is remembered in Thinadhoo as the day the largest number of its sons and daughters lost their lives.

Gayyoom's government as usual have since left the victims to fend for themselves. A Disaster Fund was setup but no one knows how much money was collected and what benefits the victims had from it. Listed below are relevant articles that were published on the day and after the incident.

No report has been publish nor has there been an investigation into the cause of this worst recorded sea disaster in the country such is the unprofessionally of Gayyoom and his incompetent government.

List of Those Who Perished

1. Maryam Saeeda, Sweet Mead house, aged 17 years
2. Rashaqa Rashad, Hulhanguge house, aged 20 years
3. Dhonbeefaanu, Dhunburimaage house, aged 49 years
4. Maryam Khaleefa, Ujaalaage house, aged 23 years
5. Naseema Ali, Naseemeege house, aged 55 years
6. Shifqath Shakir, Naseemeege house, aged 2 and half years
7. Fathimath Dheena Fareed, Porridge House, aged 3 and half years
8. Mareena Qasim, Fehivilaage house, aged 55 years
9. Muneera Ismail, Heeraage house, aged 47 years
10. Aisaafaanu, Reehussabaahu house, aged 62 years
11. Khadeeja Hussain “Rekeefaanu”, Heeraage-Dhekunu-bai house, aged 43 years
12. Ameeza Ahmed, Dhunburimaage, aged 18 years
13. Mohamed Raaif Ibrahim, Hulhanguge house, aged 4 years
14. Hamzeel Ahmed, Silver house, aged 17 years
15. Adeel Mohamed, Friendly Beach house, 23 years
16. Ibrahim Rasheed, Night Queen house, aged 38 years
17. Maryam Rasheeda, Sea View house, aged 50 years
18. Moosa Mushaan Munavvar, Grans house, aged 2 years
19. Ahmed Zubair, Thirty Four house, aged 21 years
20. Maryam Mohamed, Vincent house, aged 49 years
21. Zoona Zuhair, Fonimaage, aged 35 years
Still missing (declared dead now)
22. Mohamed Aslam, Thirty Four house, 20 years
23. Maryam Shagaf Shakir, Naseemeege, 5 years

Breaking News
Worst reported sea disaster in Maldives - Passenger ferry boat capsized 21 deaths and 2 still missing 

Editorial
Thinadhoo Mass Grave: a crime against humanity

Review
Thinadhoo “Enamaa boat tragedy” Fund

News from Colombo

Fathalhey makes plans to promote Islam and Dhivehi education for Maldivian students in Sri Lanka

The High Commission of the Republic of Maldives in Sri Lanka has been posting several letters to a number of homes where Maldivians reside in Sri Lanka. The letter state that any parents who would like there children to be taught Dhivehi and Islam, especially for those children who miss the subjects in Male’ to attend the classes that will be held at the High Commission of the Republic of Maldives in Sri Lanka. It all sounds nice and neat, but who is the master mind behind it? Who benefits from it? How much $$$ is behind it? Of course he does not need an introduction, he is Mr. Fathulla Jameel (aka Fathalhey) the foreign minister of Maldives, who have had held his position since 1978 when Gayoom took office.

Since Rashida Yousuf left her post at the High Commission of the Republic of Maldives in Sri Lanka, Dr. Mohamed Asim took over her post and has been really working on it with his heart and soul to what Rashida has damaged. However, Dr. Asim did manage to keep a low profile and all out of the blues have had sent so many letters to a lot of Maldivians living in Sri Lanka. This is the exact problems with some Maldivians when they get too much money, first they need money and then they want a name. Asim finally turned out to be one of Gayoom’s salve, but then again he very well managed to keep a low profile for quite sometime…

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Local News

Sheikh Fareed to be transferred to prison yet again tomorrow

DO can confirm that Sheikh Fareed is to be transferred back to prison this tomorrow, Sat 19^th March. Sheikh Fareed was transferred to house arrest only last week due to severe illness and poor health. During his house arrest, no wivistors are allowed in his house, M. Ethere without prior permission of the Department of Penitentiary and Rehabilitation Services.

Many now believe that Sheikh Fareed was brought to Male’ on the day Muaviyath died on 9^th March.  read more

Local News

Vs.

High Court case against Yameen scheduled for 20th March

The case of Ibrahim Hussain Landhoo Vs. Mighty Yameen Abdul Gayyoom (aka Raagondi Raajaa) has been rescheduled for the 20th March.

The case was supposed to be heard 6th March but was postponed without notice.

Mr. Ibrahim Hussain from Landhoo brought up the case against Yameen due to the infamous election speech he gave in N. Milandhoo in January. Giving public speeches by candidates is prohibited during campaigning. The recordings and scripts of this speech has been leaked by DO in January and hence there appears to be no way out for Yameen from this because of this staggering evidence. However, after all he is the brother of Gayyoom, so nothing will happen to him as far as most Maldivians are concerned. No one is above the law said Gayyoom on the BBC in August 2004, so this will be a big test for Gayyoom and his regime as a whole.
Public will be allowed in if they go there on time with ID cards but sadly there are about 30 seats there for the public.
The High Court is located near Voice of Maldives in Henveiru near the Tripod Square.  

The court is expected to dismiss the case because on the basis that "it is simply not true!". The judge will not say that Landhoo Ibrahim is "lying but not well informed" about who Yameen is and how he is "ebau dhi loa" as he is after all the dearest of all brothers of Gayyoom, the Ruthless Godly Dictator.

Thursday 17 March 2005

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Nature News

An increase in seismic strain preceded the earthquake that struck Izmit, Turkey, in 1999. AP Photo/Anatolia

Quake threat rises after tsunami slip

Nearby faults are under increased strain after December's catastrophe
The huge earthquake that caused the Indian Ocean tsunami has increased the stress on neighbouring fault lines, experts have calculated. The knock-on effect could be another large earthquake in Sumatra or even another tsunami, they warn.
Seismologists have studied the fault lines around the Burma microplate, whose border with the Indian plate was the scene of the huge jolt in December 2004. Using a mathematical model, they conclude that the increased strain on the neighbouring Sumatra fault, which runs through the island itself, makes Sumatra the most likely place for a subsequent earthquake. read more

BBC News

The quake occurred at the boundary of the Indian and Burma plates

New Asian quake threat warning
A build-up of stress on faults in Sumatra following the Indonesian earthquake is likely to trigger another large quake and perhaps a tsunami. That is the claim made in Nature by a team from the University of Ulster, UK.
The slip that caused last year's devastating quake placed increased stress on the Sumatran fault and on the adjacent undersea Sunda Trench.
A new rupture could trigger a magnitude 7-7.5 quake on land and a magnitude 8-8.5 quake beneath the sea, they say. read more

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Minivan News Today

Four Cops Arrested over Muaviath’s Murder & Ibrahim Mohamed’s Torture in Dhoonidhoo
Minivan News has learnt that four police officers have been arrested following the alleged murder of Muaviath Mahmood in Dhoonidhoo Jail last week Read More >>

MDP Strongly Condemns Continued Use of Torture and Intimidation by Maldives Police
The MDP learns with dismay of yet another detainee hospitalised after being brutally beaten by the police in Dhoonidhoo Detention Centre
Read More >>

Like father, like son
Who exactly is Shaheen Hameed? Read More >>

Blast from the Past
Yameen's UN Speech 2001 - We want to be poor! We want preferential treatment! It's high time you approve to keep  us as a Least Developed Country! My brother has been trying for the last 23 years! Still we are poor! We love it!
"Throughout the 1990s, we saw that a number of other countries had technically qualified for graduation. Yet, in every case, a closer look at the circumstances warranted their continued inclusion in the LDC list. It is not surprising that all of these states are island states. It is high time that the anomalies were taken seriously so that the criteria used in identifying LDCs are refined to provide a more accurate picture of the real situation. Otherwise, the propensity for a miscarriage of justice is likely to be very high and could inflict a very severe penalty on a country that does not have the economic resilience to suffer the kinds of external shocks that graduation would impose."  read more

Readers' Review

Gayyoom abuses Islam to sustain dictatorship in Maldives

In chapter 1 and section 7, the existing constitution of the Maldives proclaims that Islam is the state religion. It means that the State as a legal being is a Moslem. By implication, therefore, any act of, or done on behalf of, the state that violates an Islamic principle would also be a breach of the constitution, for it is like trying to convert the State to a non-Moslem which is clearly against the constitution. The state or the government of the present time does not tolerate its people violating some principles of Islam, but ignores its own violations of the same Islamic teachings. The reader must recall that violation of the constitution is the highest treason in the Maldives. read more

Corruption News

Rampant Corruption in the Maldives Banks
We are looking at the man Gayoom has assigned to coordinate tsunami aid. Makun Naeem is a shady characters infamously known for his corruption and underhand deals. In this article we are bringing to our readers some of the incidents Makun Naeem was involved in. This article is written based on information obtained from staff of MMA, bank of Maldives and Finance Ministry. It is up to DO readers to decide whether this man is fit to head the Tsunami assistance fund setup by the government. How has Gayoom developed such a powerful attraction for thieves? read more

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Online Newsletter

Break free from the shackles that hold you, stand up, and breath freedom

In this Issue;

• Why the thumbs-up, the cactus and the conch shell couldn’t survive

• People who sold their souls - Abdullah Kamaludheen

• Dissident Watch

• Unfairness of January 2005 parliamentary election, a forgone conclusion  

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Wednesday 16 March 2005

Local News
Newsletter of the Maldivian Rebels Released

Click here to download

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Recommended Reading Material for Gayyoom

Need for a Coroners Office in the Maldives

Justice & Victims : What does the coroner do? A coroner enquires into those deaths reported to him. It is his duty to find out the medical cause of the death, if it is not known, and to enquire about the cause of it if it was due to violence or was otherwise unnatural. Read and discuss this issue on DO Open Forum

Editorial
How to avoid being exposed on Dhivehi Observer
Nowadays many people are apparently quite upset about their 'doings' being exposed in Dhivehi Observer, which carries the story to more readers in Maldives than any other media source. However, what is important for most people to know is that the material on DO are aimed at eliminating and discouraging corruption and unethical behaviour. Naming and shaming is proven to be the best way to do it. read more

Quiz
Is there a Maumoon in you?

Who are you attracted to?
• To people who are named Fathimath?
• To people who wear nighties to go on official parties
• Female TVM news presenters?  play the quiz

 

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Tuesday 15 March 2005

Abuse in Maldives Prisons

Lady Ibrahim Manik rapes prisoners
Reliable sources have reported that everyone in police force knows how cruel this Lady Ibrahim Manik is. His most famous style of interrogation is to torture them sexually.
"He usually bends people and after taking their cloths off and then he rapes them. This is a very evil man" said a prisoner who spent 6 months at the mercy of Lady Ibrahim Manik. Most of his victims are too ashamed to talk about it according to very reliable sources.

Suddenly, the title Lady does not seem so suitable for Mr. Butty Lover.
 

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Local News
Ibrahim Mohamed still in intensive care
According to family members, Ibrahim Mohamed is still in a very critical condition. Ibrahim was apprehended in MPA whilst working there. He is a crane driver and he has drugs on him when he was caught so he admitted to the crime there and then. However, Police still interrogated him and beat him up during then.
It is reported that the commission members have already met him. He is unable to talk because of shortness of breadth. His family members are very upset and some have forcefully gone inside the ICU unit in IGMH Hospital as only the father and his wife are allowed in by the police. The area is heavily guarded. The family has requested to take him abroad but the police have refused to grant permission despite his condition.
 

Corruption Routes
Maldives National Oil Company (within STO/Singapore) Another venture by Yameen Abdul Gayoom for pocketing our money
Confirmed reports from Singapore says that STO has opened another subsidiary within its Singapore office by the name Maldives National Oil Company (MNOC). The chairman is Mr. STO Maniku and CEO is again Ahmed Muneez.

When such a big oil company is opened with the distribution of beautiful brochures to ASEAN clients , why was this kept a secret for the Maldivian media? As a nation we should be proud to tell our public of us becoming a member of OPEC and opening regional offices of MNOC in ASEAN countries!!!!!! read more

Readers’ Review
Mirror Mirror on the FAM wall, Maumoon is the Fairest of us all
If someone asks my 4 year daughter, “whose photo’s are most printed and hanged on the most walls?” she will answer Maumoon. That’s so obvious that Maumoon’s photo should be there in the every building wall of Maldives. The most recent building opened in Maldives is Football Association building. After a hard talk between FAM and Ministry of Sports they agreed to give a land to FAM to build the new building which was fund by FIFA. After two months the building opened I went there to meet a friend of mine who works as FAM coach. When I entered the building the first thing I saw was a Maumoon’s photo on the wall. This is so obvious that which ever building you enter in Maldives the first thing you must see is his nice picture. All the schools, offices and hospitals simply I can say everywhere in Maldives. But when I saw it on FAM building I started to think about it and looked around for some other photos from may be the football hero’s of Maldives. But to be honest I couldn’t find any. read more

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Monday 14 March 2005

Local News

Freak Accident in Male' involving a police van and a couple waiting at traffic light

Male' - 11:00 pm - A freak accident involving a police van smashing into a couple on a motorbike has just occurred in Majeedhee Magu / Alikilegefaanu Magu traffic lights junction. Eye witness have confirmed that the couple were waiting stalled in the traffic lights when this accident happened because the van was driven recklessly. The female passenger at the back of the bike is reportedly in a serious condition. They have now been transferred to the hospital by a car.

We will try and bring more details.

Latest Update >>>>>>>>>>>

11:24 pm - Motorbike number is A AO A 9828 and S1406 is the number of the police van involved in the crash
11:15 pm - Couple taken to IGMH Hospital

Local News

Lady Ibrahim Manik, in charge of Dhoonidhoo must be immediately suspended

After mounting allegation of torture and murder at Dhoonidhoo Prison it is important for Gayyoom to suspend Lady Ibrahim Manik, who is the security in charge in the prison. However, it seems that Gayyoom is unable to lead and take corrective actions to ensure that people are treated humanely in his prisons and whilst in detention in the Police HQ in Male’.

Lady Ibrahim Manik is very well known for his brutality and is believe to take part in torturing prisoners and detainees. Protected by his boss, Commissioner Adam Zahir, Lady Ibrahim Manik is believed to be untouchable.

If Gayyoom wants to make people believe that he means well by setting up yet another commission to investigate torture by police during interrogation, he should take this advice.

Local News

MDP Chairman Nasheed (Anni) denied a Maldivian Passport by Gayyoom

Colombo - MDP sources have reported that its Chairman Mohamed Nasheed's (Anni) schedule return to home tomorrow has now be delayed because Gayyoom has refused to issue Anni a Maldivian Passport. Anni currently travels with a UK Travel Document which does not allow him to travel to the Maldives as he has political asylum from the UK.

Anni is trying hard to resolve the matter and re-schedule his visit.

Many Maldivians have been waiting to welcome him back to Maldives. Anni fled Maldives in September 2003 after the unrest in Male' and has been actively engaged in the forming and running of Maldivian Democratic Party.

Anni expects to be in Male' before the end of the month as it will take around 10 days to get his old passport back from the UK authorities.
 

Local News
Two persons are critically injured and admitted to the hospital after today's unrest in Male'
A young lady, Fathimath Humra, M. Windscreen was attacked by a cutter-knife yesterday by a couple of drug addicts near her home, which is known in Male’ as the BG group area. Police in Male' has not been paying attention to the acts of these drug addicts because Gayyoom’s brother Yameen and Chief of Police Adam Zahir both use these youngsters to create lawlessness and create fear amongst the people.
As a result of negligence by police, BG group had reportedly took matters to their own hands and severely beat up two of the perpetrators today. Reports are now coming that these two persons are critically injured and in intensive care at IGMH hospital.
Cutter-knife attacks have been common in Maldives in recent months, which included several incidents in Lh. Naifaru and Addu Atoll as well as many in the capital island Male'.
In a small country of less than 300,000 people there are an estimated 30,000 heroine addicts, who use a low grade heroine known as Brown Sugar. Users of Brown Sugar in Maldives are commonly referred to as Paateys. Several of these addicts have been killed in custody, like Evan Naseem who was beaten to death and Abdulla Ameen who was shot in the head in September 2003. Last week, another drug user was allegedly killed, Muaviyath Mahmoodh and another user is now in intensive care today.
If Gayyoom cannot control the people and anarchy is allowed to spread, he must step down immediately and let the country be salvaged.
"This lawlessness is the creation of Gayyoom himself!" said Mohamed Hassan, a resident of Male’ who witnessed all these activities today.

Local News

There is a split between Gayyoom and Adam Zahir?

Male' - There is increasing rumours of a rift between Adam Zahir and Gayyoom according to senior officials of the regime. This is partly related to the death of Muaviyath Mahmoodh last week and another detainee Ibrahim Mohamed being tortured and currently in intensive care. Bother were detained in the notorious Dhoonidhoo prison for interrogation when the incidents occurred. The officials said that it makes sense that Gayyoom would be furious about these incidents because public unrest is now at an all time high after witnessing and hearing about these inhumane acts of cruelty, which Gayyoom could do without because he is projecting himself to be the peoples’ president and the keeper of peace and stability in Maldives, mostly to the wider world.

However, Gayyoom does not wield the power of guts to take action against the perpetrators and the chief torturers, like Adam Zahir because Gayyoom needs him to remain in power. Only time will tell what is to be the fate of Adam Zahir or Gayyoom but it is safe to assume that they are not happy with each other.

Who is going to sack whom then?  Obviously Gayyoom can’t sack Adam Zahir, so can Adam Zahir sack Gayyoom?

Local News

Local News

Another prisoner Ibrahim Mohamed in Intensive Care Unit at IGMH

Male' - Ibrahim Mohamed was brought to the hospital on Saturday after he collapsed as a result of injuries sustained during interrogation at Dhoonidhoo Prison. He was reported arrested for drug dealing and was caught red handed.

"It is not known why police had to torture him to get a confession out of him, he was caught red handed" said a family member. "This is just too much for us to handle" he went on to add. "Now only his father and wife can see him inside the ICU and we have been told that he has serious injuries all over his body because he has been beaten with boots and iron bars. It looks like the authority is refusing to let him be taken abroad for treatment" reported the family member.

Minivan news also reported that he has severe injuries. Ibrahim had visible bruises, swelling and wounds, including cuff marks, bruises on his neck as a result of strangling and bruises on his back, arms, chest, stomach and knees.It has been reported that Ibrahim was initially brought to the hospital because he was bleeding excessively from his genitals and anus. He is presently unable to eat and that he vomits upon consuming any food.

Ibrahim’s wife attempted to see her husband at 10am on Saturday but was initially prevented from doing so by the police at the hospital who were guarding the body. The police also refused to tell Ibrahim’s wife the condition of her husband. However, after having been questioned by the police for over an hour, she was finally allowed to see Ibrahim. “Ibrahim was conscious and able to talk when I met him. He described the incidents of beatings in Dhoonidhoo very vividly; policemen running from a distance and throwing flying kicks at his chest and stomach, hitting detainee on his head with chairs, hitting detainee’s head against walls, pulling detainee’s hair, hitting detainee on the chest with elbows amongst other things.”

Ibrahim's wife further reported that to her knowledge, at least two or three urine investigations have been carried out since the detainee was hospitalized, but that she has not been told the extent of her husband’s injuries.  Ibrahim's brother also died in prison 3 years ago, who allegedly committed suicide but the family has not accepted that statement from the police.

DO can confirm that the newly appointed 3 member commission was setup to investigate the case of Ibrahim Mohamed and not the recent death of Muaviyath Mahmoodh. Gayyoom's acting more like head of state when he announced this commission, referring to governments' torture, as in he has nothing to do with it.

Local News

Disturbances in BG area of Maafannu

Male' - Reports are coming in that there is a huge crowd near BG area towards IGMH hosptial in Maafannu. This was related to cutter-knife attack on a girl of this area yesterday. The perpetrator had come today to attack the girl again and police came to arrest him but his friends apparently trying to defend his. Over a 1000 people are there according to eye witnesses. Several people have been injured and bruised as fighting broke out amongst the crowd between supporters of the attacker and the victim.

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Readers’ Opinion
We want a simple President
According to our history any person after becoming the president of a small country like Maldives for the first few months or years he will be standing at a junction and looking around to find out anybody smiling at him. That is the beginning of building his solar-system. Then he will start of thinking of who and who to be chosen as planets of the solar system that will orbit him, the star with absolute submission.  The most successful will be those who have the cunningness and lack of principle to flatter him blindfolded on each and every occasion. read more

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Sunday 13 March 2005

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Editorial
Mass demonstration on the street of Male' and other larger islands is the only way to remove Gayyoom from power
The public outcry on September 19^th 2003 after witnessing the brutal murders of Evan Naseem and his colleagues like Abdulla Ameen was extraordinary. Gayyoom's brutality was fully exposed that day and ever since there has been vocal criticism and organised opposition against him. His image of a benevolent leader is no longer the case and world over now know what kind of a ruthless dictator he is. However, to this day, people are still waiting for him change or even step down but everyone knows that Gayyoom has no intention to surrender his palaces and other amenities and everything indicates that he wants to cling on to power for as long as he can and pass the reign of power to his daughter Dunya Maumoom. Even international political analysts have made this prediction. read more

Tsunami  Missing Persons
Family of Miss. Jacob have contacted DO to find the whereabouts of Miss. Jacob, a Indian teacher in Maldives
If you know anything about her, please email Karine Malini Selvadoray-Dicom <malind9@hotmail.com>  with details.  Below is information the family has submitted to the Maldivian Police regarding the situation and they have yet to receive any information about her from the authority. more

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Job Opportunities with UNDP
Civil Engineers & Recovery Officers in Maldives

UNDP is establishing a Recovery Team that will be responsible for supporting the design, implementation and coordination of its efforts in these areas. Recovery Associates will be based in Male with frequent travel to the project sites (including overnight stays). The Recovery Associates will provide support to the Recovery Team and will be responsible for organizing and implementing effective programmes on sectors supported by UNDP. Recovery Associates will be under the overall guidance of the Recovery Manager, reporting directly the respective sector specialist. find out more  

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Readers' Review
Again Gayyoom has killed another Maldivian in Prison
It is heartbreaking for all Maldivian to see that again Gayyoom’s notorious NSS have killed another innocent Maldivian youth.
I don’t see a single explanation how dictator Gayyoom is going to explain Muaaviyath Mahmoodh (photo right) murder in the hands of NSS in Dhoonidhoo torture chamber. The picture’s gives very clear evidence that Muaaviyath was tortured. read more

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Readers' Review
Tsunami in the Maldives and the lesson we have learned
Last year's Tsunami disaster is the worst recorded in Maldives history. People in every island have experienced this disaster either directly or indirectly. The small islands stretched on the eastern belt were the worst affected, lives were lost and many islands were completely destroyed. read more

Readers' Review
Aamira on Olympic track Athens 2004

By reading the heading of this article headline most of the people will be wondering who this Aamira is and how did she get to go to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. 
Well I’m talking about the Aamira who never did a sports management or who is not qualified even for her job as a principle of the only A/L teaching school in Maldives, CHSE. In short words, when I say two-two’s wife most of the Maldivian will know who I mean. read more

Saturday 12 March 2005

CDNN.INFO News

Ten weeks after the tsunami ripped into the Maldives
MALE, Maldives (12 Mar 2005) -- At first it looked like a blob of thick ink in the water. But as some stick-shaped objects moved towards it, the blob shrank, split and boiled silver-black above the surface with a life of its own. read more

Local News

Maldivian terror prisoner Fauzee returns from Guantanamo Bay

Male' - Fauzee has been released from Guantanamo Bay prison and is now back in Maldives. Local media is giving him much exposure as if he is a national hero. It is known that Gayyoom's security forces is not interested in interrogating him and will likely blame the Americans for holding him in the prison.

Gayyoom is expected to go for a photo shoot with Fauzee or perhaps throw a reception for him. Fauzee should spend a few months in Maldives jail and compare the conditions and publish it. Apparently Fauzee cannot speak Dhivehi and gave the interview to TVM in Urdu. Fauzee has a wife and kids in his island B. Hithaadhoo.

Fauzee looked a spitting image of Usama bin Laden, no wonder Americans mistook him for Gayyoom's friend Bin Laden. Locals are saying that Fauzee has a special message to Gayyoom from Bin Laden, which could be as old as 5 years old. Like Bin Laden, Gayyoom is a terrorist too. Only difference is that Gayyoom terrorises his own people and in broad daylight whilst Bin Laden himself has no idea where his men will strike. Locals are saying "we just wished if the Americans had taken Gayyoom to Guantanamo Bay in the same flight! That would have been wonderful! Gayyoom is a terrorist and should be there!".

Breaking News

Another person brought to hospital from Dhoonidhoo Prison

Male' - 15:10 - Confirm reports are coming that another person has been brought to IGMH around mid day and is being treated. It is reported that the person is unconscious and has been tortured.

Gayyoom's kill spree appears to be on the rise.

We will bring more details if and when available. Since the death of Muaviyath Mahmood day before yesterday, there has been several rumours about incidents in Dhoonidhoo but we could not confirm those reports. All families with inmates in both jail are encouraged to inquire about their well being because allegedly some 7 inmates were involved in the Muaviyath incident and some have even died. These reports are unconfirmed.

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Readers’ Review
Yaameen Abdul Gayyoom still calling the shots at STO
Although Mr Yaameen Abdul Gayyoom (aka Raagondi Raajaa) is no longer the chairman of the board of directors at STO, he has instructed his boy in Singapore, Ahmed Muneez who is supposed to be working for STO, to buy a flat in the heart of Singapore's business district in International Plaza. Yaameen spent a lot of time with Muneez when the whole royal family went for a holiday in Singapore recently. The property that Raagondi Raajaa wants to buy is the apartment right next to the STO owned apartment where Muneez is staying right now. read more

Readers’ Review
We must ensure that all MPs act responsibly especially our so-called Reformists

History is repeating. Constitution reform is underway; similar scenario is unfolding like what happened twenty years before. It seems Gayyoom knows the Maldivians better than any one else. He is master of Maldivian politics and master of deception.

Power hungry Gayyoom uses his tactics testing the changing mentality of the new generation. He finds nothing but the same hardcore and conflicting ideological people who know only to say NO for any thing if they feel it is not their interest. Gayyoom has reason to believe that he is on the wining side. read more

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Friday 11 March 2005

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Minivan News

Muaviath’s Brother Says: Imprints on Muaviath’s back similar to Heavy Boots
New evidence suggests Muaviath may have been murdered by police
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Disgraceful Fusfaru Sentence Results in Confusion
On NSS Captain Adam Mohamed's (Fusfaru) orders, Evan Naseem was taken to the ‘range’ and brutally beaten, resulting in his death. For this Fusfaru got a slap on the wrist and 6 months in jail
Read More >>

How and Why Did Muaviath Mahmood Die in Jail?
There are serious unanswered questions surrounding the death of Muaviath in Dhoonidhoo Jail
Read More >>

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Letter to the Editor

There is no evidence to date to suggest that Shaaheen Hameed has acted against the views he had reportedly expressed in the International Report

Mariyam Mohamed seems to suggest that since Shaaheen Hameed is presently the Deputy Speaker of the People's Special Majlis, that he has "certainly changed sides" and not seen by "many of his friends and associates as a man of principle." With due respect, this is not an objective assessment. This is because there is no evidence to date to suggest that Shaaheen Hameed has acted against the views he had reportedly expressed in the International Report titled "The question of democracy: Political development and its critics" by the Washington Times. read more

Local News

Gayyoom's security forces spying over pro-democracy MPs

Male' - After the Majlis session yesterday, Male' Members Ibrahim Ismail and Mohamed Shihab and Thaa Atoll member Hassan Afeef were standing outside in the garden for a casual talk. However, DO informants have confirmed that Gayyoom's police in plain uniform were capturing their moves to a camcorder. It is another sign of increase intimidation by Gayyoom and his obsession with control. Obviously, Speaker of the Majlis Ahmed Zahir has no powers to protect any member that Gayyoom dislikes. It is the people who can protect their MPs. There is increased speculation that Gayyoom is going to make life difficult for all the reformist MPs and might even arrest some, citing national security concerns.

Local News

MTCC Staff warned; collaborate with DO and you will be fired

Recently several staff of MTCC have got together and exposed the problems in the company, one of the largest public companies in Maldives. These articles that are being published in DO have been creating unrest for the top man in MTCC, Mohamed Ibrahim, who is the Managing Director. Since he joined the company things have been getting worse and the old "Team MTCC" spirit is now lost.

MTCC Staff are now being warned that if anyone is caught giving information to DO, they will get fired from the job.

However, Team MTCC is confident that their mission will be accomplished. They want better management, transparency and accountability and Mohamed Ibrahim just can't deliver that.

How desperate is the government to hide the truth?
We can start from the Haveeru. Haveeru is a news firm that has been working closely with the government for several years. However due to the need for the development of journalism, it had become necessary for Haveeru to walk on the edge to give a nudge to wake up this sleeping government. If I am not wrong it must have been 12 year since Haveeru news reporters have been asking the president when a law on journalism will be made in this country. read more

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