Maldives Secret Dictatorship: The Developed countries & Human rights Organisation watch silently as President Nasheed Use the Maldives Police and Military to attack Journalists and Peaceful Protestors on a daily basis.

The Maldivian people unhappy with President Nasheed’s attempt to claim all three separation of powers and the dire economic situation of the country have been holding series of protests led by the main opposition coalition of political parties DRP/PA, despite of heavy crackdowns by the Police that follow the President‘s order to end the protests using whatever force necessary.
Last night the Police went one step further and brought the protest to a violent end by attacking journalists, beating them with batons, boots, pepper sprays and attacking them with gas canisters.
The Police dispersal of the crowds by beating the protestors and arbitrarily arresting MP’s have been the norm and culture, but last night they went out of control and attacked journalists in a frenzy.
Journalists from the few private media that dared to try and cover the protest, they were all targeted. Dozens of journalists brutally attacked are recovering in the Hospital including a women who was beaten up with baton, and officers wearing riot gear caused her further injuries by trampling on her and hitting her with their riot boots.
The systematic use of violence and brutal crackdown by the Maldives Police Force, many believe; the order comes directly from President Nasheed. Journalists severely beaten repeatedly tried to show their badges however the beaten continued with many journalists hit violently on the chest with batons and blinded by pepper spray, sprayed inches away from their faces.
Demonstrations are taking all over the country as people are very unhappy with the way president Nasheed not only claimed the Judiciary but is now attempting to control the Parliament by using the Supreme Court he control through the appointment of loyalists. Moreover citizens are disgruntled and restless everywhere, as the President immediately after coming to power severely cut public sector spending through dismissal and salary reduction of thousands, only to employ often violent groups of MDP activists loyal to him. Higher inflation rate, public sector cuts leading to Hospitals watching and waiting for patients to die unable to treat them, and the education system in the doldrums, growth of violent crimes including murders means citizens are dissatisfied everywhere and want to change the government.
The President adamant to hang onto power at any cost is using the Police to attack, conduct arbitrary arrests and intimidate those who protest into silence. Crackdown on the few independent media that try to report the events mean the developed countries, and human rights organisations of the world are oblivious to the human rights abuse that the President is resorting to on a daily basis by using the Maldives Police as his rubber stamp.
Although previously during the reform process the Former President made Maldives Police independent Nasheed after coming to power claimed it by putting his loyalist political appointees in control of the Police. Similarly although the Former President made the media independent, President Nasheed claimed the national media by putting his close relatives and loyalists in control. The handful of private media outlets and the journalists that work for these outlets are subjected to systematic abuse and physical intimidation including stabbing by the President’s loyalist gangs in a recent attack. Loyalist gangs many believe sponsored by the President keep the pressure on the private Media outlets by constant vandalising of their premises, throwing them out of the ruling party MDP meetings and also carrying out random attacks against the journalists and their family members. However this is the first time the riot Police targeted the journalists in such a violent way and many believe they were following the orders of the President, who is frightened of the international media, developed countries and most of all human rights organisation finding out about the political crisis and his abuse of power.
We are calling on the Developed countries, Donor organisations and International Human Rights organisation to closely monitor the situation in Maldives. The Maldivian people deserve better. We need help, immediate attention and intervention.
A man who got the sympathy of the international human rights organisation claiming to be a journalist now turned himself into a Dictator and looks like his first and foremost target is use his Police to eliminate and attack the few independent journalists in the country.