Comment: Open letter from refugee Abraham Naim to people of Maldives

Abraham Naim is a Maldivian who claimed asylum in New Zealand last year for fear of persecution at home due to his homosexuality – a crime under the Maldives’ Shariah-based legal system. Naim made international headlines last month after New Zealand media wrote about his prize-winning drag act, performed under the pseudonym Medulla Oblongata. To the people of the Maldives, There have been a lot of things said about me in the media back home, and I would like to say a few things in response. Firstly, I am not a transgendered woman, I am a drag queen. What I do is performance art. I do not wish to live as a woman. I entertain people...

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Doctor accused of attempted rape released

Police have released a doctor accused of trying to rape a colleague at a health centre in an island. A spokesperson on Sunday confirmed the doctor’s release, but declined to identify him. The spokesperson also did not disclose the island at which the incident had happened. Police had said earlier that the attempted rape took place on June 16. The doctor had locked his colleague at his consultation room after he had finished diagnosing all the patients, the police had said. via HaveeruOnli...

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