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Kerry warns Maldives democracy at risk after mass arrests
May 2, 2015
Malé (Maldives) (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday that democracy was in danger in the Maldives as police made nearly 200 arrests at a protest over the jailing of the paradise islands’ ex-president. “We see even now how regrettably there are troubling signs that democracy is read more…
Underwater Protest for Maldives’ President Nasheed
April 11, 2015
Photo by: Mohamed Seeneen (Sindhi) One hundred scuba divers plunged five metres below the Indian Ocean on Saturday, in an underwater protest against the Maldivian regime’s jailing of former president and environmental hero Mohamed Nasheed. The divers submerged next to a coral reef in Male’ atoll, Maldives, and held banners read more…
