September 2014 ~ The Rainbow Maldivian

Self-exiled blogger Hilath speaks at UN Human Rights Council

Maldivian journalist and blogger Ismail ‘Hilath’ Rasheed last week spoke at the United Nation’s Palace of Nations during the 21st session of the Human Rights Council (HRC).

Judicial statistics show 90 percent of those convicted for fornication are female

Almost 90 percent of the people found guilty of “Zina” – fornication – and sentenced to flogging in 2011 were female, according to new statistics published by the Department of Judicial Administration last week.

CCHDC backs sex education in schools to combat rising sexual health problems

Age appropriate sexual and reproductive health education needs to taught in schools to combat the increasing “sexual health illnesses” in the Maldives, according to the Centre for Community Health and Disease Control (CCHDC)..

Sheikhs obsessed with homosexuality

Juma sermon once again listed homosexuality in a list of sins that included alcohol and gambling.

Born Free and Equal: a new publication of the UN Human Rights Office

The UN Human Rights Office has released a new publication on sexual orientation and gender identity in international human rights law Download and read the publication here The UN Human Rights Office has released a new publication on sexual orientation and gender identity in international human rights law.

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Four arrested on child sexual abuse charges

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Four people have been arrested from Seenu atoll Meedhoo, charged with sexually abusing a 14 year old girl.

Police reports that the four local men arrested on the case reported to them on 16, September consists of men aged 18, 21, 37 and 68 years.

Apart from this information, the police did not reveal any other details regarding the men arrested. They did inform that the case had been reported to them by the girl’s family and that they had arrested the four men in a two day special police operation.

Meedhoo Magistrate Court had remanded the detainees for 15 days for further investigations.

Via Haveeru