Intervene for reform in Maldives

as the government of Maldives tightens its grip and unleashes repression to foil the right to freedom of association and assembly of the supporters and activists of the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) on 10 November 2006 at capital Male, international community, in particular the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights must intervene to bring an end to the repression.

On 4 November 2006, Minivan News correspondent Phillip Wellman, an American national, and Graham Quick, a photographer with Britain's Observer newspaper were asked to leave the country immediately. Foreigners have been advised not to visit the country ahead of the November 10^th demonstration. President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the longest serving dictator in Asia, has turned entire Maldives into an “Incommunicado Detention Centre”.more