President urges all citizens to abide by the law

Speaking at the function to launch the civic education campaign, President Dr Mohamed Waheed has urged all citizens to abide by the law. He added that just punishment should be given to those who commit crimes. The civic education campaign is organized by the Ministry of Home Affairs, in collaboration with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs and the Ministry of Education. The camping is a six month long campaign. Stressing the importance of a civic education campaign, President Waheed noted that the campaign include cultivation of knowledge, building a peaceful environment for all as well as creating awareness on human rights. He...

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Iranian Ambassador calls on the President

Ambassador of Iran accredited to the Maldives, Mohammed Nabi Hassani-Pour, has today paid a courtesy call on President Dr Mohamed Waheed. The meeting was held at the President’s Office. At the meeting, discussions were held on the close bilateral relations between the two countries, and ways to further strengthen the mutual cooperation. The President expressed his gratitude to the Iranian government’s continuous support in improving the economic situation of the Maldives. Source: The President's Office...

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President ratifies Prevention of Domestic Violence Bill

President Dr Mohamed Waheed has today ratified the Prevention of Domestic Violence Bill, which was passed by the People’s Majlis on 9 April. Following ratification, the bill has been published in the Government Gazette. The Prevention of Domestic Violence Act defines domestic violence as violence against a person by any other person with whom that person is, or has been, in a domestic relationship. The Act provides for the protection of victims of domestic violence and seeks to punish the perpetrators of such crimes. Some of the objectives which the Act seeks to achieve include: - to declare all acts of domestic violence as...

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Posted in: Health / HIV,Society

Exposing Poll Results

Date Created: 2nd April 2011 Poll Tallied: 21st April 2012 Poll Title: Do you think homosexuality should be legal in the Maldives? Asked by Fan'diyaaru Kakuni Total votes cast: 727 Yes: 153 No: 115 Sentence them to death!: 450 Jail/Banish them: 09 And there you have ...

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Shit Gets Real After Woman Dies from AIDS

Stakeholders have raised concern about the status of HIV/AIDS in the Maldives after a young woman's recent death from AIDS.  A person who has information told "Haveeru" that the status of HIV/AIDS in the Maldives got more serious after the death of the young woman aged under 30 years. This is the main concern raised by the stakeholders. "The HIV status of the Maldives has changed". A person who closely knows the woman told "Haveeru". A reference to change in the HIV/AIDS status of the Maldives actually means that the number of persons infected have risen.  Thirteen Maldivians have died from AIDS to date. The case of the young woman...

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Growing Lesbianism

I mentioned in my previous post about the increasing number of Lesbians in Maldives. One of the reasons for this increase maybe due to the nature of schooling given when a girl or boy grew up in Maldives. The two main government run institutions in Maldivies followed a strict dose of singularity in regard to same sex education. The most common reason given for this singularity is Religion and the thought of keeping those budding young men and women off each other at the height of their sexuality. This worked fine on paper. But as time and time again and as Dr. Boyard Farmer and Al Ahemedia Kurfian remarked in their respective papers,...

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