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The brutal autocratic government of Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom was replaced by president Nasheed by the peoples' choice. During the campaign Nasheed promised cheaper and affordable food, housing and transport. However within two years after he was seated, prices went high, private land was ripped away from the owners and we are witnessing rising air transport costs. More than 30% of Maldivians are jobless because they have no opportunity. And surprisingly the government is repeatedly "urging" the jobless but talented youth to come forward and be helpful to themselves and the country! OK, we came forward to find a few opportunities for youths holding the ruling party's membership. And now what? Members of the parliament are getting extremely high wages and bonuses. Recently they passed a bill unanimously approving a 20k bonus. Some MP's later retrained from taking the bonus due to rising public riots and campaigns against the 20k bonus. The following video is a part of the 20k campaign. Watch now!

High profile cyber sex scandal in Maldives

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Age of cyber crime has begun in Maldives. Most of the high profile cyber crimes are originated from the southern most atoll of the Maldives, which is  Addu city.
In 2005 Dhiraagu web servers were hacked and several hosted websites were messed up. And now we are witnessing DoS attacks. Some of these attacks are so successful that it completely shutdown Internet services for some periods.

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After the highly organized attacks on Dhiraagu servers the hackers in Addu city switched their target. The hot topic in the Maldives is now the high profile cyber sex scandal which include cabinet  ministers, MPs and prominent Judicial Service members. The hackers' initial aim was to earn some money through black mailing.

How did they do it?
The teenage group contacted the high profile figures through the social networking service "Face Book". The women in the picture is the profile photo of several facebook ID's the group used to contact the prominent figures. After a lot of sweet talking the group gave them "her" personal Windows Messenger ID.

Now the group has a virtual web cam which streams pre-recorded porn video. As the video chat session was going, the group was silently recording everything without the slightest hint to the victims.

The Black Mailing
After recording hardcore chat sessions, they threatened them with the recorded videos. Bank of Maldives has guaranteed money transfer to Addu city by unnamed government figures, according to sources.
The news was broken by the media regarding the arrest of several teenagers in Addu city during president Nasheed's visit to Addu which began on 17th Feb 2011. The government tried its best to confiscate all the videos before leaking to the public. Despite the efforts many tapes were leaked and available for anyone to see.

Police did not reveal much detail about the investigations. Even though this is a highly sensitive issue the public,  independent bodies and NGO's continue to remain silent.

Girl slavery in Maldives

I came to know about the issue of "Jariya" or slave girls, after Television Maldives announced it. But numerous times I have heard that a certain socially isolated group of people actually support the idea of slave girls. Reportedly the issue surfaced when a girl(under 18 years of age) consulted a doctor in IGM hospital in Male'. The doctor who consulted her reports that the girl was sexually abused and she is pregnant. The Doctor also reports that the women who accompanied the girl informed that the girl was a "Jariya". But why would she say that? Interestingly IGM hospital had no records of her.

An article covering the story on "Haveeru" website showed a women in black clothes, which made me wonder whether there is any connection between the issue and black clothes. To the best of my knowledge many Muslims around the world wear black clothes including Saudis and Iranians, but it is not known that slavery is practiced in either of these countries.

This case is under investigation by the Maldives Police and Human rights commission. So far Maldives police remained silent about the issue, but Human Rights Commission of Maldives confirmed that "Jariyas" or girl slavery exists in Maldives.

In Maldives, the valid minimum age for marriage is 18 years. However, once in a while, illegal marriages(officially) are carried out by separatist groups in the society. So it is also possible that illegal marriage could be mistaken as girl slavery.

Slavery lasted in USA for as long as 3 centuries. Children, Men and Women were brought from Africa and sold for money. Slavery was ended in US by the amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865. If you read history you probably know the unspeakable suffering of children,men and women from Africa who served the US and Europe as slaves. Every human being has full rights to live free, as any other human being. SAY NO TO SLAVERY.
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Kutti Nasheed resigns DRP membership

Member of Parliament Mr Mohamed Nasheed has officially resigned from DRP council and its membership on 1st November 2009.

In a letter addressed to the leader of DRP and copied to the Elections Commission he informed the party of his decision of resignation from its council and its membership. However he did not clearly state why he resigned.

I went through his blog today and found out that he had no political contact with the party since February this year. His decision is understandable. DRP is increasingly losing support because of its decision to desperately struggle to topple the elected government, and the ongoing investigation of fraud on its leaders.

Sure enough, MDP would have offered him its membership by now, with huge bonuses. Would he join MDP? Its more likely that he'll join the Gaumee Party, because Dr. Hassan Saeed is his best friend and his political goals and religious goals are very similar to that of Dr.Hassan's. We'll have to wait to see..

Maldives, a haven for terrorists?

President Nasheed has confirmed that hundreds of Maldivians are fighting alongside the Taliban in Pakistan. In an interview given to CNN-IBN on his visit to India he said that many Maldivians going to Pakistan for Islamic studies have joined radical Islamic groups, who are then recruited and send to the front line to fight against the Pakistani Army. After his return he abstained from replying to reporters regarding the issue.
Many Maldivians are opposing his statement saying that it is an attempt to attract US and EU funds to fight terrorism. However there could be some amount of truth in it, but the total number is very unlikely to be that high.  Maldives is supposedly a 100% Islamic country, but how many people actually practice Islam?
Maldives is facing a financial crunch, if prolonged could create chaos in the country. To stay in power, President Nasheed has to find a way out of the current financial situation. If he fails in doing so its very likely that the main opposition party (DRP) would win the next election. In his campaign for the election, President Nasheed promised to hold a mid-term election. After his inauguration when a reporter asked him about the mid-term election he declined to confirm it.

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Its time for a little bit of humor. Little outdated, but unforgettable event.


Bush shoe attack Extended version!

Economic Terrorism

The Inside Story from the author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man . John Perkins was, for many years one of the worlds top economists.He worked directly with the heads of the World Bank, IMF, and other global financial institutions. He quit his work about 20 years ago because morally and ethically, he felt it was wrong to play such a key role in creating world empire at the expense of the poor and less advantaged around the world.

Israel, Our Ally!

The whole world accepts Israel as the most ruthless and evil country in the world. The birth of Israel is well known but few people talk about it. During the second world war United Kingdom of Britain established Israel in Palestinian land and helped Israel to become the most technologically advanced military power in the area.It was against the will of Palestinian People. Israel is responsible for the untold and unheard genocides and massacres of Palestinian people.Israel has no diplomatic relations with 36 countries, 20 of them members of the 22-member Arab League.

Today President Nasheed said that Many Muslim countries established diplomatic ties with Israel. I ask him, how many countries? And when a News reporter asked him whether Maldives as a small nation is able to do anything while powerful and enormous countries in the world have failed! He grinned and affirmed that saying what he say has value in the international organizations and community. The following countries have no diplomatic relations with Israel.

* Africa: Algeria, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Guinea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia.
* Americas: Bolivia, Cuba, Venezuela
* East Asia: (Republic of China) North Korea
* Middle East: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, United Arab Emirates.
* South, Central Asia: Afghanistan ,Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Pakistan.
* Southeast Asia: Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia

Recently Bolivia and Venezuela suspended relations with Israel, yet surprisingly 100% Islamic republic of Maldives announced diplomatic relations with Israel at UN general assembly on Friday 25 September 2009!

Nasheed has very close relations with British conservative party. It is suspected that the british conservative party helped nasheed financially. As being the country responsible for the birth of Israel in a sovereign country against the will of its people, its not hard to believe that Britain offered Nasheed to recognize and establish diplomatic relations with Israel.



In the news conference Nasheed slapped Adhaalath party in the face saying its an extremist thinking to cut ties with Israel. See the definition for autocracy and judge whether Nasheed is an autocratic leader. He doesn't respect the opinions of religious scholars while he is claiming to be a Muslim! Its a clue that Nasheed wants a secular government system to be established here. I tell President Nasheed that Maldives is not his own asset, its the asset of all Maldivians. I hope president Nasheed comes to his senses before its too late.

Gaza - A Short Documentary

Gaza Arabic: غزة‎ transliteration: Ghazza, Hebrew: עַזָּה‎, ʕazzā) is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Territories. It has a population of approximately 410,000 people.Gaza has suffered brutal genocides by Israel for decades. The so called "United Nations" did nothing to stop the atrocities by the Jewish settlers in Palestinian land.The United Stated of America supports Israel with its weapons and money in the killing of the palestinians.




George Galloway "The West has DOUBLE STANDARDS when it comes to Israel"

New Government Towards Failure

Honestly I was overjoyed on hearing the news that Anni was elected as the new president of Maldives. However I must note that some dirty tactics were also involved in winning the election. The use of disproportionate force against peaceful demonstrators who were demanding their rights under the new labor law at Reethirah Resort, paved the first step towards failure of the new government. 
We are being mesmerized by the repeated "Heyo verikan" Stuff in most of the speeches by the president and the Government Spokesman. How can the incident at reethirah fit into the "Heyo verikan" ? Mr. President, we elected you to give us our rights. I wouldn't have strived to get you elected, if I knew that you are so forgetful.

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I saw the Home minister Mr.Gasim expressing his sorrow  for the poor people who were suffering under the President Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom's rule. How can anyone define hypocrisy better?

Ticket to the "Other Maldives"

Congratulations our beloved president! I still didn't get the ticket to the "Other Maldives". It would be a shame if the reformist president give priority to the rich brotherhood. Are the norms will be given economy class tickets, while the rich circle is given first class tickets? I wouldn't dare travel to the "Other Maldives" with an economy class ticket. So am I going to be left behind in the "old Maldives"? Am I the only only one to be left on the deserted "old Maldives"? I hope our reformist president is not as stupid and selfish as our old (really old) president. There are numerous reasons to believe that he is just different!

He is charismatic, he is fearless and he is unpredictable.. Now its our chance to get to know this man. I wish a bright future to our people... Now that we brightened his future, its his turn to brighten our future. He made five pledges in total during the race.

1. ރާއްޖޭގެ ރަށްތައް ދަތުރު ފަތުރުން ގުޅުވުން
   
   
2. ބޭސްފަރުވާއަށް ސަލާންޖެހުން ނައްތާލާނަން
   
   
3. އަތްފޯރާއަގުގައި ބޯހިޔާވަހިކަން
   
   
4. މަސްތުވާތަކެއްޗަށް ހުޅުވި ދޮރުތައް ބަންދުކުރާނަން
   


5. ދިރިއުޅުމުގެ އަގުތިރިކުރުން
   
   

Hmm, Sounds very charming.. Let's wait and see.