Police, prison guards and army personnel have mounted a joint “clean up operation” in the Maafushi island prison.
Ajay Makan, Police Move Into Maafushi, Minivan News, June 9, 2007.
Two hundred and fifty inmates have been hunger striking since Wednesday after one prisoner died and six more were hospitalised following a jailbreak by four hundred inmates. Now the inmates have said they will sign a government offer and call off their strike, if Ahmed Mujtabha and Shaheed Zaki are taken to the island to observe the agreement.
Ajay Makan, Inmates Offer To End Maafushi Hunger Strike, Minivan News, June 12, 2007.
"Maldives’ diplomatic Missions abroad have a vital role to play in presenting to the outside world a true picture of the Maldives and the social, economic and political developments taking place in the country, as well as fostering our ties with other countries", says President.
The Maldivian National Congress party’s platform statement offers up a heady mix of radical democracy and socialist economics, promising “democracy will permeate relationships between people” and “social ownership of the Maldivian natural resources for the benefit of Maldivians.”
Ajay Makan, Fifteen Minutes With Monaza Naeem And The MNC, Minivan News, June 13, 2007.
Also See:
In 1988, LTTE terrorists ran havoc in Maldives islands causing vandalism. Supported by the Indians forces, the Maldivian government violently put down the attempted capture. Until this date, the Maldivians enjoy their freedom from terrorism.
Dilrook Kannangara, Military Force as an Effective Means of Conflict Resolution, LankaWeb.
Sri Lanka: Implications of LTTE's Delft Attack [Analysis], India Defense, June 14, 2007.
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