Sunday, April 12, 2009

Child abuse by the Maldivian state

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Last week, the family court in Male registered a marriage between a man in his 20s and a 17-year-old girl. The terrified girl confided to a ...
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Friday, April 3, 2009

Video of flogging of 17-year-old girl in Pakistan

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Pakistanti networks have aired a video showing a 17-year-old girl held down by two men while a third flogs her mercilessly. This has lead to...
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Saturday, March 28, 2009

God says no to Adhaalath

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On Friday Adhaalath officials led a prayer for rain, following several months of the northeast monsoon Iruvai which have caused severe water...
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Friday, March 27, 2009

Victim of child sexual abuse to be flogged and imprisoned for life

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I've learnt from reliable sources that the state is under enormous pressure to prosecute a young woman, who was abused by her own father...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Ibra's bill will not protect children

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In 2006, a 16-year old girl from an island in south Maldives was brought to Male for an investigation concerning a dead newborn discovered t...
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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Should the Islamic ministry be sued?

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The Maldives constitution guarantees the freedom of expression of its citizens except when it's against the tenets of Islam. The banning...
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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Maldives president blocks websites and cracks down on protests

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The list of websites banned by Anni's government is growing, all of them on the orders of the Ministry of Islam. According to Haveeru, e...
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