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Ahmed Fairish (22) was fifteen years old when the security forces arrested him while he was smoking a cigarette on a street in Male’. During the interrogation Corporal Haneefa asked him to sign a statement stating that he took drugs. When he refused to sign, male officers entered the interrogation room and beat him around the ears. He was taken out of    read more >>

Ahmed Naeem (23) was serving a sentence for a drug-related offense when Gaamaadhoo prison was set on fire in 1998. He was accused of being one of the ring leaders who set fire to the prison. According to Naeem, the investigations started on the second night after the fire and he was the third person to be interrogated. When he refused to sign a statement   read more >>

The last time Ahmed Falah (39) was detained was on the 22^nd of January 2005 for filming a protest by voters at a polling station in Male’. He was transferred from Dhoonidhoo Detention Centre to house arrest on the 21^st of March 2005 and released from house arrest on the 4^th of the April of the same year   read more >>

Evan Naseem’s mother, Mariyam Manike (44) was arrested on the 12th of September 2004 when the police clamped down on the demonstrations that were held to mark the first anniversary of the death of her son in prison. Between 4:30pm and 5:00pm two lorry loads of security personnel barged into her house to arrest her. One member of the group, private     read more >>

On the 29^th of June 1990 the police arrested Naushad Waheed (43) for drawing an anti-government cartoon in the weekly magazine “Hukuru”. He was kept in a solitary confinement cell at the police station in Male’ for 19 days for questioning. When he refused to sign a statement that had been written by the investigating officers he was transferred to   read more >>

The first time Abdulla Alexander (25) had to face the Maldivian justice system was when he was 12 years old. He was arrested in March 1992 for riding a motorcycle without a license. At the police station at first he was questioned in Dhivehi. When he told the officer that he did not understand any Dhivehi another officer, Maumoon Hameed, questioned him read more >>

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Ahmed Fairish (22) was fifteen years old when the security forces arrested him while he was smoking a cigarette on a street in Male’. During the interrogation Corporal Haneefa asked him to sign a statement stating that he took drugs. When he refused to sign, male officers entered the interrogation room and beat him around the ears. He was taken out of read more >>	Ahmed Naeem (23) was serving a sentence for a drug-related offense when Gaamaadhoo prison was set on fire in 1998. He was accused of being one of the ring leaders who set fire to the prison. According to Naeem, the investigations started on the second night after the fire and he was the third person to be interrogated. When he refused to sign a statement read more >>
The last time Ahmed Falah (39) was detained was on the 22^nd of January 2005 for filming a protest by voters at a polling station in Male’. He was transferred from Dhoonidhoo Detention Centre to house arrest on the 21^st of March 2005 and released from house arrest on the 4^th of the April of the same year read more >>	Evan Naseem’s mother, Mariyam Manike (44) was arrested on the 12th of September 2004 when the police clamped down on the demonstrations that were held to mark the first anniversary of the death of her son in prison. Between 4:30pm and 5:00pm two lorry loads of security personnel barged into her house to arrest her. One member of the group, private read more >>
On the 29^th of June 1990 the police arrested Naushad Waheed (43) for drawing an anti-government cartoon in the weekly magazine “Hukuru”. He was kept in a solitary confinement cell at the police station in Male’ for 19 days for questioning. When he refused to sign a statement that had been written by the investigating officers he was transferred to read more >>	The first time Abdulla Alexander (25) had to face the Maldivian justice system was when he was 12 years old. He was arrested in March 1992 for riding a motorcycle without a license. At the police station at first he was questioned in Dhivehi. When he told the officer that he did not understand any Dhivehi another officer, Maumoon Hameed, questioned him read more >>