Mohamed Nasheed
In this photograph taken on March 17, 2012 supporters of ousted Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed and the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) attend a rally calling for early elections in Male. Maldivian police raided a political rally on suspicion of 'black magic' activities after an allegedly cursed chicken was used at a opposition gathering last week, a spokesman said May 30, 2012.
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We have to have an election because in the absence of that, Islamic radicals are gaining strength in the Maldives. We fought the 2008 presidential elections against them and they lost very badly. We fought parliamentary elections and they sought elections in every single seat of the 77 seats and they lost it all
A week later (after the coup) the military again came up to me and said they want to have a counter coup, so I thought of this finest keeping idea but that it is not going to help us. We are not worried about losing power. I am not the least bit worried about losing the presidency; that is not the issue here
If you do a map of who supported [us] and who did not, it maps the climate change issue. The Europeans are far far better than bigger emitting countries and the USAMore quotes »
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Maldives president calls for early election in '13
from his office. The vote was originally scheduled for late 2013.Hassan took over in February when his predecessor Mohamed Nasheed resigned after weeks of public protests and eroding support from the police and military. Nasheed claimed he was forced to resign Read more »
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Maldives opposition complains police violence on MPs
Male, May 30 (Xinhua-ANI): Maldives main opposition led by the former president Mohamed Nasheed on Wednesday complained of police violence on members of parliament (MPs) and peaceful protesters ahead of Friday's all party talks and the inquiry into Feb. from Webindia123 Read more »
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Breakthrough in India-brokered Maldives political talks
The India-facilitated all-party talks in Maldives finally yielded a breakthrough, with the groups agreeing to focus on a six-point agenda, including the prospect of an early election, to find a resolution to the political crisis. The agenda agreement was from Asian Age Read more »
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Film screeening:“The Island President”
The film documents Maldives’ President’s efforts for the United Nation’s 2009 climate summit in Copenhagen: Maldives president, Mohamed Nasheed, is campaigning for the world to recognise that his nation, consisting of almost 2000 islands, is facing extin from Green Left Weekly Read more »
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Highlights of the HRAFF
Ex-president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, stars in The Island Present, the HRAFF closing film. Opening last night with Under African Skies, the Joe Berlinger film tracing the impact in South Africa of Paul Simon's Graceland, the fifth annual Human R from The Age Read more »
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Gayoom's dynasty rises
New Delhi, May 14: Dhunya Maumoon, former Maldivian dictator Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s 42-year-old daughter, is all set to head her father’s political party in the coming days and possibly run for her country’s presidency in the next elections against ouste from Calcutta Telegraph Read more »
