‘We can do anything we want’
By Paul
Police brutality continues in the paradise-breaking news from the Maldives;
"Shaheedha told Minivan News: “Myself, Aniya and Eva were sitting in Republic Square, outside the police headquarters. Two policemen came up to us and told us to leave. Aniya said she could not because, as an MDP official, she was waiting for the MDP delegation to come out from the police headquarters. I said I could not leave because I am a reporter and I am reporting this incident. A plainclothes policewoman then came and hit Eva on the shoulder. Aniya and I held hands and lay down. They started to drag us along the ground by our hair. Aniya was kicked and about five policewomen picked her up by her hair and threw her into a police van. I was then dragged into the van. A policewoman sat on me. I asked her, ‘why are you doing that.’ She replied, ‘we can do anything we want.’Aniya told Minivan News: “While we were in the van, a policeman opened the door and said something very rude to me. Then he punched me in the face with his clenched fist. The punch landed on the left side of my face. My face is now bruised and swollen. The male police officer then told the female cops: ‘Take them to a dark alley and dump them.’ They took us to a side street near the Maldivian Ports Authority. Shaheedha was pushed out of the van. I was thrown out. Then the police drove away and left us there.”
What continues to amaze me is that how a large segment of the population remains silent in the face of gross violation of their own fundamental rights.
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