Amendment proposed to establish Islamic Sharia

Makunudhoo MP Anara Naeem has for a second time proposed an amendment to the Penal Code, to determine that penalties prescribed in the Islamic Sharia must be handed over to those who are convicted of Hudud crimes (Crimes against God).  The amendment which was earlier withdrawn and Anara claimed that the reason for withdrawal is as she was discontent over other amendments proposed to the Penal Code.  The amendment proposed to clause 1205 of the Penal Code states that if a person is convicted of a Hudud crime, the penalty prescribed in Islamic Sharia must be observed.  Hudud crimes in Islamic Sharia include adultery,...

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Manager found guilty of sexual harassment let off with warning

A manager at the state-owned Hulhumalé Development Corporation (HDC) has been found guilty of sexually harassing a female employee, but has been spared with a warning. The HDC’s human resources manager Mirshan Ahmed was accused of sending inappropriate text messages to an employee who had joined the company in March. He had suggested she was hired for her looks and told her he would penalize her when she did not respond to his messages. According to newspaper Haveeru, Mirshan admitted to sending the inappropriate texts at a review committee. The HDC deputy managing director Mohamed Shahid told Minivan News today that Mirshan has...

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‘Hired for my looks': HDC employee alleges sexual harassment

This article is by Farah Ahmed A former employee at the state-owned Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has said she was subjected to sexual harassment by a senior staff who once allegedly told her she had been hired for her looks. The employee, who had started work at the HDC’s legal department in March, said the company’s human resource manager Mirshan Ahmed had sent her inappropriate text messages and regularly commented on her clothes and her hair. The harassment began the first week she started work. “He once messaged me saying I should thank him for this job. He said he saw my picture on my application form and hired me...

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Five arrested for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl

Five men have been arrested in southern Addu City on a charge of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl.The police said the five men arrested were aged, 81, 77, 56, 32 and 18 years.Some were family members of the victim.A court has remanded the five for 15 days.A magistrate court in Gaaf Dhaal Atoll Gahdhoo has meanwhile sentenced a 25-year-old man to ten years in jail for sexually abusing another 14-year-old girl in 2010.- See more at: http://minivannews.com/news-in-brief/five-arrested-for-sexually-abusing-a-14-year-old-girl-99006#sthash.ivuvcEkT.d...

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