Forty years ago, on April 4, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while on the balcony of Lorraine Motel in Memphis. The hero of the civil rights movement in United States was helping organize a strike for sanitation workers, one of the poorest workers’ groups in the city. King is remembered for his messages of [...]
Learning from Martin Luther King’s messages
April 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Civil Rights and Liberties, Tolerance
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Complaining of Torture and other Human Rights Abuses to the United Nations
March 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Civil Rights and Liberties, Human Rights, Torture
The Maldives acceded to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) on 19 September 2006, exactly three years after Hassan Eavan Naseem was tortured and killed in Maafushi prison. Torture [...]
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Welcome to Madulu Blog
September 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment · General
This is the blog of Madulu, a civil society organisation in the Maldives. Madulu works to promote democracy; human rights; free media; civil rights and civil liberties; social accountability; and tolerance.
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