Elizabeth (Liz) Colton
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#Maldives
history worth remembering:PresNasir Oct1977 intv announced to world basic
#Maldivian
#ForeignPolicy
+
#diplomacy
: rejecting Soviet offer to lease island, he+cabinet (
@maumoonagayoom
)declared Maldives NOT for sale, not lured by debt-diplomacy-1978 PresMAG reaffirmed policy
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#Maldives
1977: As 1st resident for-corresp, I got a big scoop. Pres.Nasir told me in an intv he'd declined a USSR offer to lease an island.All
#Maldivians
+cabinet, including
@maumoonagayoom
, applauded his rebuff of a foreign power trying to buy land.
@KerafaNaseem
@SaleemaRazak
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Worldwide calls:Release ALL
#Maldives
political jailed ex-Pres Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
#FreeRaeesMaumoon
. Photo early1978 my intv of
@maumoonagayoom
then in Pres. Nasir's cabinet
@dunyamaumoon
@yumna_maumoon
@nikkihaley
@USAmbKeshap
@JamesDauris
@giacomonyt
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#Pakistan
:
#PakistanElections2018
: WorldViews
@washingtonpost
@ishaantharoor
"Pakistan’s military has its fingerprints all over the elections"
@titojourno
@cyalm
@hyzaidi
@afiasalam
@amarguriro
@mjunayd
@Rezhasan
@OmarWaraich
@easwaranrutnam
@suhasinih
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#Ramazan
#RamadanMubarak
#ramadankareem
to all my friends worldwide observing
#Ramadan2020
#Ramazan2020
+with fond
#Ramadan
memories in many countries (*This hand-embroidery depicts Mausoleum of Sheikh Yusuf Al-Tabrizi, who converted Buddhist King of
#Maldives
to Islam in 1153.)
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#EidMubarak
to all my friends worldwide celebrating
#EidalFitr2020
+thanks for fond memories of welcomes to share
#Eid
celebrations in many countries (*This hand-embroidery depicts Mausoleum of Sheikh Yusuf Al-Tabrizi, who converted Buddhist King of
#Maldives
to Islam in 1153.)
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#Maldives
flag today Syracuse University to honor
#Maldivian
FulbrightScholar Adam Abdulla
@edzyadam
MPA graduation
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#Maldives
makes world-history again-Remembering "Little Nation That Said NO"
+also again YES to
#Democracy
:
#Congratulations
to
#Maldivian
nation+people for proving power of
#VOTING
+to the winners
@IbuFaisal2018
@ibusolih
@FaisalNasym
in historic
#election
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CONGRATULATIONS
#Maldives
award
@Abdulla_Adam
:
#Fulbright
Student for MPA-Environmental Policy
@SyracuseU
. As former FulbrightScholar+later on selection-comms+also w/PhD on
#Maldives
, I send special CONGRATS!
@fulbrightboard
@FulbrightAssoc
@FulbrightPrgrm
@JRussoPAO
@USAmbKeshap
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#Maldives
:early1978 interviewing then MinTransport-recent
#UNrep
in Pres.Nasir's cabinet-all united to build
#Maldives
+keep non-aligned. Today 2018 global calls RELEASE jailed ex-Pres
@maumoonagayoom
+ALL polit-detainees
@shokonoda
@OmarWaraich
@hrcmv
@IndependentMV
@hrw
@mjunayd
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#Maldives
day of celebration for homecoming of former President
@MohamedNasheed
from
#EXILE
, welcomed by President-elect
@ibusolih
@PresElectMv
+thousands other
#Maldivians
-story told "In Pictures"in fabulous photo album by
#Maldivian
news org AVAS
@avasmv
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#Maldives
Republic Day is Nov11-day in1968 Ibrahim Nasir became President of new Republic.He had actually ruled the country since1957 as PrimeMin under last Sultan Mohamed Farhid Didi.11Nov1978 was a peaceful transition to newly elected Pres.
@maumoonagayoom
from PresNasir's govt
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#Maldives
"Away from it all" my 1978 photo+1979 article in All-Asia Guide 11th edition1980; my article10th ed19781st time
#Maldives
included in Asia-wide guidebk
@NaajihDidi
@alaadidii
@MACH_MV
@yumna_maumoon
@ArchivesMv
@SaleemaRazak
@husendidi
@Shafeea_Z
@musthafaaa
@MvFaraway
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#Maldives
memories: Sunrise sails-up Male' harbor (another of my photos1976-78)
@HeritageMV
@yumna_maumoon
@ArchivesMv
@AliRilwan
@husendidi
@shadyfish
@NaajihDidi
@shadazubair
@SaleemaRazak
@RMDid
@edzyadam
@SaveMaldivesMV
@AfaHusayn
@mjunayd
@alaadidii
@sim_mohamed
@Lucasjalyl
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Yummy-
#Maldivian
#Food
-photo showing some of the varied+delicious
#Maldives
#cuisine
makes me hungry for the scrumptious
#culinary
specialties I enjoyed in
#Maldives
+also cooked by
#Maldivian
friends visiting in other countries. Thanks
@mariamshifaa
for photo of welcoming table!
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#EidMubarak
greetings to all my Muslim friends worldwide celebrating this joyous occasion of
#EidAlAdha2019
. At this
#EidAlAdha
, I treasure fond memories of being welcomed always to share with appreciation blessings of
#Eid
celebrations with friends' families around the world.
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#Maldives
-wonderful to see legendary
#Maldivian
political leader MOOMINA Haleem Ismail (pioneering femaleMP+Min-Health)back smiling in her beloved home country-greeting former President
@MohamedNasheed
as he launched her younger female relative
@JenMusthafa
's MPcampaign
@_m_a_n_a
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#Maldives
jailed ex-President
@maumoonagayoom
is widely reported to declare: "I can't confess to something I have not done."
@Mihaarunews
+also,"If cooperate means to agree to crimes I have not committed, my answer is NO,"he told Govt-according to lawyer
@maanhameed
.
@amnesty
@hrw
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What PresNasir told me in Male' 26Oct1977 in that intv (which I reported to Reuters-it made instant world news) was he+his full cabinet made their decision based on conviction that Maldives a nonaligned nation did not want its neutrality questioned by leasing to a foreign country
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#Maldives
DHONI traditional sailboat -I've had the privilege of sailing on some with no motors with Maldivian sailors/navigators/fishermen/families over long distances from atoll to atoll in open seas-amazing craft! I love this "Anatomy of a Dhoni"-much appreciation
@shadyfish
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#Maldives
: Image tarnished as UN Diplomat's
@UNHumanRights
strong words repeated round the world condemning
#Maldives
govt's
#StateOfEmergency
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@alaadidii
@NaajihDidi
Happy discovery--just now,after looking through baskets of old framed photos, I found this I remembered of Abdullah Afeef Didi+me 7or8April1978, at his+his wife Aneesah Ali Didi's family-exile-house in
#Seychelles
, taken after I'd come from
#Maldives
to interview him re his story
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#Maldives
new President
@ibusolih
appoints as a Minister
@presidencymv
former Foreign Min.AhmedNaseem
@KerafaNaseem
,a pioneer founder of
#tourism
fm1972,+who in
#EXILE
past yrs traveled world promoting
#Maldivian
#HumanRights
+
#Democracy
@reuters
@ap
@afp
@business
@STForeignDesk
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Celebrating
#EarthDay2018
thinking of special places on our planet: here
#Maldives
a land of seas +islands +sails +sailors in ancient
#IndianOcean
trading+communication society (photo faded from sun but
#Maldivian
memories not at all faded) Greetings on
#EarthDay
@ecocare_mv
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#MaldivesInCrisis
: Calls for
#Maldives
govt to
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
, including two former Maldives presidents:
@maumoonagayoom
now in jail +
@MohamedNasheed
now in exile
@CEONadey95
@amnesty
@hrw
@hrcmv
@UNHumanRights
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Another favorite fruit is
#Mango
, especially delicious in
#Maldives
, as described in this wonderful illustration by
#Maldivian
Addu Meedhoo Cooperative
@MeedhooFarmers
-- A
#Mango
, especially a Dhivehi "Anbu"(
#Maldivian
mango) is a yummy addition for any meal-not just as dessert
Mangoes, juicy and succulent from nala nala Meedhoo. Nothing beats a dhivehi anbu’ for a delightful dessert ! Our mangoes are home grown; in supply twice a year
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#Maldives
-my big scoop story from my 1st interview w/Pres. Ibrahim Nasir 26Oct1977(
@Reuters
stories seldom gave bylines to reporters. The story went global. Later ASIAWEEK published my story with byline,+Reuters described me as
#IndianOcean
"scoopster" in its company magazine.)
#DhivehiArchives
REUTERS REPORTS MALDIVES TURNS DOWN SOVIET OFFER
Date:1977 October 26, 00:00 (Wednesday)
By
@liz_colton
Copied from wikileaks
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Congrats
#Maldives
#journalist
@mjunayd
completing your
#Journalism
#InternationalVisitors
program.I was glad to meet+share stories even briefly in your whirlwind
#USA
tour.Keep up your good work!
@IndependentMV
@ReutersSriLanka
@JRussoPAO
@ICFJ
@NicRobertsonCNN
@RSF_en
@Poynter
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Honoring my mother Marie Colton,95, local community, state,+national civic leader, legislator, international diplomat,wife,mother,friend,+mentor to many all over the world, who died peacefully Tues, Sept 25, at home in
#asheville
,
#NorthCarolina
(obituary:
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#Maldives
flag displayed 28June
@SyracuseU
for
#Maldivian
#Fulbright
@FulbrightSchlrs
Adam Abdulla's
@edzyadam
MPA(
#environmental
policy)graduation
@MaxwellSU
: honored to be among friends/family at celebrating ceremony
@MDVForeign
@FulbrightPrgrm
@MVPMNY
@SyracuseUNews
@EnvGovMv
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#Maldives
: Happy homecomings along w/former Pres
@MohamedNasheed
for other
#Maldivians
,incl ex-ForeignMin.A.Naseem
@KerafaNaseem
+Mana H.Naseem
@_m_a_n_a
.During
#EXILE
,A.Naseem also met w/world leaders to promote
#Maldivian
#democracy
@Reuters
@ap
@AFP
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#Maldives
MP Ibrahim (Ibu) Mohamed Solih
@ibusolih
accepts
#MDP_Congress2018
's selection to become Joint
#opposition
's presidential candidate for Sept 23
#elections
after ex-Pres
@MohamedNasheed
in exile relinquished this year's
#MDP
nomination
@mjunayd
@ReutersWorld
@ap
@AFP
"Like I said before, tonight our feelings are of misery," MP Ibrahim Mohamed Solih repeats, as he accepts
#MDP_Congress2018
's nomination to become the party's presidential candidate after president
@MohamedNasheed
relinquishes his candidacy.
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#Maldives
continues leading global
#climate
#Diplomacy
as former Pres
@MohamedNasheed
-now
@TheCVF
SecGen-meets King Charles III to discuss
#ClimateAction
#environment
(See earlier review
#Maldives
#ForeignPolicy
-
#climate
leadership
@SAsiaLSE
@liz_colton
)
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#Maldives
memorable images: new President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
@ibusolih
enjoying Friday: w/other worshippers outside Mosque walking to prayers+later at
#Maldives
-
#India
#cricket
match
@presidencymv
@MvSpokesperson
@MDVForeign
@abdulla_shahid
@ReutersIndia
@STcom
@MaldivesVoice4
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#Maldives
#StateOfEmergency
detentions continue despite global condemnation
@UNHumanRights
. One Maldivian woman
@yumna_maumoon
, urging
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
, has 3 closely related men: husband
@MNadhym
+brother
@afarismaumoon
+father ex-president
@maumoonagayoom
all in jail
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@NaajihDidi
Thanks for your query. Actually, as most all photos of my many journalistic interviews w/world leaders over the years often showed the interviewee smiling, I think they were probably responding to my smiling at them. So, I think it proves the value+importance of smiling! 😊
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Joint statement by over 40 countries on
#HumanRights
situation in
#Maldives
@UNHumanRights
Rights Council
#HRC37
…
@josefroy2
@SaleemaRaza
@OmarWaraich
@hrcmv
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#Maldives
traditional Dhoni sailboat-1976/77days of sails
@shadyfish
@AliRilwan
@shadazubair
@edzyadam
@SaleemaRazak
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#MaldivesInCrisis
now nearing end of 6th wk: detentions AND daily/nightly protests/demos continue:
#SoE
has given "time" to
#Maldives
govt,BUT protests vs govt have not ceased.
#Maldives
capital (pepper-sprayed female protestor to hospital)
@MaldivesVoice4
@amnesty
@OmarWaraich
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#Maldives
: Urgent calls for
#FreeFarisNow
release of Faris Maumoon, held in prison on what a former govt-witness now declared were false charges.
@afarismaumoon
is the son of now also jailed former president
@maumoonagayoom
.
@yumna_maumoon
@dunyamaumoon
@amnesty
@OmarWaraich
@hrw
The secret witness in my brother case has said that
@afarismaumoon
never offered him a bribe. This means that there is now no case so
@afarismaumoon
should be released now. 2/2
@UNHumanRights
@EU_Maldives
@USAmbKeshap
@JamesDauris
@AkhileshIFS
@joern_rohde
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#Maldives
former President Mohamed Nasheed
@MohamedNasheed
returns home after 3 years in
#EXILE
-welcomed back by President-elect
@PresElectMv
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
@ibusolih
+throngs of well-wishers
@Reuters
@sanjeevmiglani
@mjunayd
@AP
@AFP
@business
@titojourno
@Rezhasan
@hrw
President Nasheed's return home is beyond anything I've seen. This is beautiful. 💛💛💛💛
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#Maldives
political turmoil
#StateOfEmergency
now in 6th week+no solution yet despite daily
#Maldivian
protests +global calls to restore rights.
#Maldives
govt appears unconcerned re damage to national image +
#tourism
or by threats of crippling worldwide
#Sanctions
on Maldives.
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Something else stands out in my memory of
#Maldives
at time of intvs (PresNasir1977+1978
@maumoonagayoom
)is how positive+optimistic+proud
#Maldivian
leaders+most other citizens+
#tourism
pioneers
@KerafaNaseem
@SaleemaRazak
were re their nation's careful
#development
plans+future.
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#Asheville
#4thofjuly2019
weekend-enjoyed great visit w/another
#Maldivian
-Dr.Malik
@abdulmalikmv
M.D.,
#Maldives
#Fulbright
-
#Humphrey
Fellow now
@CarterCenter
helping global-health issues after earlier fellowship work
@CDCgov
@CDCGlobal
@EmoryUniversity
@FulbrightPrgrm
@USEmbSL
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#Maldives
lawyer/ex-AG
@hsuood
warned
@PoliceMv
violated
@Twitter
privacy rules in issuing latest govt-summons for
#opposition
leaders: ex-Pres
@MohamedNasheed
#MDP
current nominee in exile +also Jumhooree's
@qasimibrahim
@fidh_en
@ABAesq
@LAWASIA_alerts
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#US
expresses continuing concern over
#Maldives
political situation even after Maldivian govt "lifted"
#SoE
, repeating calls "uphold rule of law, release political prisoners, respect constitutionally-guaranteed legal protections+rights..."
@StateDept
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Congratulations
#Maldives
Ambassador to
#USA
HE Thilmeeza Hussain on presenting credentials at U.S. State Dept
@US_Protocol
!Welcome back now Amb.
@Thilmeeza
to
#USA
!
@MVPMNY
@MDVForeign
@abdulla_shahid
@SecPompeo
@StateDept
@State_SCA
@USEmbSL
@USAmbSLM
@HiltyBob
@USAmbKeshap
The newly appointed Maldivian Ambassador-designate to the United States, HE Ms
@Thilmeeza
Hussain presented the copies of her credentials to Ambassador Sean P. Lawler, Chief of Protocol at the
@US_Protocol
@StateDept
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#MaldivesCrisis
: Newspapers in
#Australia
, in
#IndoPacific
Quadrilateral security alliance, are reporting Chinese military vessels in eastern
#IndianOcean
, called by
#Australian
think-tank-strategists a show of
#China
strength related to
#Maldives
unrest.
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Photos-
#Maldives
#politics
:
#opposition
MP
@AhmedMahloof
(
@amnesty
prisoner-conscience+many
#HRTS
awards) hauled from house-arrest, as daughter clung to him, to
#prison
for
#tweets
@Twitter
vs govt
@Nazunaseem
@UNHumanRights
@EP_HumanRights
@Sam_hanryon
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While admiring the miracle of ice covering branches+leaves of trees, mountains+pond, I wish I were back in
#Maldives
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A beautiful "Maldivian moment"a powerfully symbolic photo in
#MaldivesCrisis
brings memories of
#Maldives
uniqueness, independence-brave
#Maldivian
women,though chased from protests,standing together defiantly by the sea
@evattey
@SaleemaRazak
@Thilmeeza
@RMDid
@anuahsa
@ZaheenaR
A very Maldivian moment in the
#MaldivesCrisis
. Women protestors run to the sea; chased by the Police.
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#Maldives
PresNasir emphasized
#Maldivian
determination to stay independent,not tempted by lease-offers, as his cabinet,e.g.,ForeignMin Fathulla Jameel+TransportMin-later Pres
@maumoonagayoom
, also stated in intvs.The nation's pioneering
#tourism
industry also reflected this view
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Praise
#Maldives
MP
@AhmedMahloof
named
#Democracy
+
#HumanRights
Champion by
#Canada
@MIGSinstitutemuch
, already
@amnesty
PrisonerofConscience now in house-arrest+
@PGAction
DEFENDER of
#democracy
awardee
@Nazunaseem
@McKinnonDavid
@IPUparliament
@JRussoPAO
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Celebrating
#Maldives
#Fulbright
@edzyadam
MPAw/friends Alaa+
@johnmcraddock
who welcomed Adam to
#Syracuse
a yr ago
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#Maldives
new President
@ibusolih
sets a world role-model in appointing nation's first female Defence Minister-his spokesperson during presid. campaign, lawyer+former MP
@MariyaDidi
,
#HumanRights
activist,a US/SOS Int'l. Woman of Courage
@reuters
@ap
@afp
@business
@STForeignDesk
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#Maldives
former
#President
@maumoonagayoom
(after nearly 8 mos in
#jail
as
#PoliticalPrisoner
)+former
#FirstLady
@NasreenaIbrahm
depart home country for
#Medical
check-up abroad following long
#prison
term before recent release
@amnestysasia
@OmarWaraich
@omctorg
@hrw
@KenRoth
My wife & I arrived in KL today for a medical checkup. After nearly 8 months in prison I would need one, wouldn’t I? We thank VP-elect Hon
@FaisalNasym
& all friends, well-wishers & supporters who turned up to see us off.
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#Maldives
govt overnight arrests/imprisons more political leaders, including MP
@MariyaDidi
+other
#Maldivian
citizens participating in nightly anti-govt anti-
#SoE
protests in capital--Now worldwide calls to Free MP Maari added to
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
@amnesty
@OmarWaraich
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#Maldives
scene (1977) in Dhoni/fishing-boats-section Male' harbor-my now faded photo
#ThaareekheeFotoa
published w/my article featuring Maldives 1st time in All-Asia Guide1978
@NaajihDidi
@alaadidii
@MACH_MV
@yumna_maumoon
@ArchivesMv
@iphpha
@SaleemaRazak
@husendidi
@Shafeea_Z
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Cheers today in
#Maldivian
capital Male' at 5pm:
#Maldives
Presidential
#inauguration
of popularly elected man of the people, from "the islands" Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
@ibusolih
-longtime lawmaker MP working for
#democracy
+
#humanrights
-Sending all best wishes+prayers for peace
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#MaldivesCrisis
now in 6th week+no end in sight despite daily
#Maldivian
protests +global calls to restore rights. What's baffling is
#Maldives
govt seems unmoved by damage to national image +
#tourism
or by threats of crippling international
#Sanctions
or
#boycotts
on Maldives.
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#Maldives
#StateOfEmergency
Detentions continue. Worldwide calls, on govt to
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
still unheeded. Some visits allowed, but that's not release.
@yumna_maumoon
, a daughter of ex-pres now jailed
@maumoonagayoom
, allowed visit on prison-island.
@amnesty
@hrcmv
Visited my father
@maumoonagayoom
at Dhoonidhoo today. He is well and in good spirits. always he asked me to be strong. ❤️
#freepresidentmaumoon
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
#MaldivesInCrisis
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Welcome
#Maldives
CITIZEN-DIPLOMAT Abdulla Adam
@edzyadam
in
#USA
@FulbrightPrgrm
student MPA-
#environmental
policy
@SyracuseU
-honored me (as a
#Maldives
scholar/reporter)by visit in my hometown
#Asheville
+our touring
#NorthCarolina
mtns
@HiltyBob
@mjunayd
@nuzu8121
@asheville
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#Maldives
remains
#maldivesincrisis
as ex-President
@maumoonagayoom
now month7
#Jail
from Feb5,w/many
#opposition
leaders in
#prison
/HouseArrest/ or
#exile
incl ex-Pres
@MohamedNasheed
-under threat
@UNHumanRights
@UN_DPA
@EUCouncil
@EP_HumanRights
@omctorg
@hrw
@amnesty
@fidh_en
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#MaldivesCrisis
gets
#US
attention: current
#Maldives
political turmoil, now in 7th week, should be discussed by
#quad
countries (
#IndoPacific
#IndianOcean
security alliance comprising
#US
#India
#Japan
#Australia
), according to an unnamed
#US
official
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#Maldives
#elections
less than a month:Increasing
#Maldivian
+global concern for health of jailed ex-Pres
@maumoonagayoom
+many other
#opposition
leaders in
#prison
/
#exile
/house-arrest
@hrw
@amnesty
@omctorg
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#Maldives
PAPAYAS are most delicious. I remember eating papayas (now my favorite fruit) almost every day when I lived in
#Maldives
. And, because of unique enzymes in Papayas, any scratches I ever got from coral healed immediately.Thanks
@AshwaFaheem
photo Papaya farm on Thoddoo.
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Wonderful to learn news of
#Maldives
vet-opening
@editionmv
Congrats
@FishAgri
@ZahaWaheed
. But, like many others, I've been sad to read distressing recent
#Maldivian
cat news. Remembering always my own precious little feline companions who bravely traveled much of world with me,
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Current
#Maldives
political crisis today enters 10th wk since Feb 1. Worldwide calls persist for govt to
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
- All, including jailed ex-Pres
@maumoonagayoom
, now beginning 3rd month of incarceration since
#SoE
Feb 5.
@UNHumanRights
@amnesty
@EP_HumanRights
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#Maldives
political detentions continue in
#StateOfEmergency
:
@yumna_maumoon
, a daughter of now incarcerated ex-pres
@maumoonagayoom
, visited him at high-security
#Dhoonidhoo
prison island, + urged his release
#FreePresidentMaumoon
@hrw
@OmarWaraich
@AP
@ReutersWorld
@nikkihaley
Visited my father
@maumoonagayoom
with my mother today at Dhoonidhoo. So good to see him. Happy that he is well. Alhamdhullaahi. Sad to leave 😥
#FreePresidentMaumoon
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#India
signals new
#indianocean
maritime strategy in reaction vs
#China
's strong regional presence as
#Indian
PM
@narendramodi
makes 1st visit to
#Maldives
to attend Inauguration of
#Maldivian
President Solih
@ibusolih
today
@Chellaney
@htTweets
@Rezhasan
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@husendidi
@edzyadam
@HeritageMV
@yumna_maumoon
@ArchivesMv
@AliRilwan
@shadyfish
@NaajihDidi
@shadazubair
@SaleemaRazak
@RMDid
@SaveMaldivesMV
@AfaHusayn
@mjunayd
@alaadidii
@sim_mohamed
@Lucasjalyl
Photo from became a scoop interview that ricocheted round the world with report I filed
@Reuters
. +I'd sailed 5 days in a fishing dhoni from Kulhudhuffushi to "rush" back to Male' to make date 26Oct1977 set by Pres.Nasir's ofc for him to give me the intv. Very exciting-memorable!
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@NaajihDidi
Fascinated seeing this 1989 photo-as when (April 1978) I met Afif Didi+his family in
#Seychelles
, he said how sad he was he would likely never get back home to
#Maldives
. During that
#Seychelles
visit, I spent several days interviewing him re his story.Hope to publish it someday.
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Worldwide calls on
#Maldives
govt unheeded to Free ALL
#Maldives
political prisoners, including detained protestors, +exiled ex-Pres. Nasheed + jailed ex-Pres. M.A. Gayoom. Photo early1978 my intv
@maumoonagayoom
then in Pres.Nasir's cabinet
@MohamedNasheed
@amnesty
@OmarWaraich
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#MaldivesCrisis
:
@Raajje_tv
from capital island Male' Sat-night-footage showing
#Maldives
mil-security entering SupremeCt during coverage continuing daily/nightly protests/ demos under govt-imposed
#StateOfEmergency
@amnesty
@hrw
@OmarWaraich
@RaajjeEnglish
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Peace and compassion are the focus of Muslims around the world during this month of Ramadan.
Ramadan Mubarak to all celebrating!
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#Maldives
govt continues holding
#PoliticalPrisoners
, including ex-Pres
@maumoonagayoom
. Jailed since Feb5+already sentenced in "justice-obstruction" case, he faces "terrorism" trial w/hearings to start Tues.
@omctorg
@Sam_hanryon
@fidh_en
@hrw
@amnesty
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#Maldivians
signal for help as current political crisis now in 3rd wk with world-condemnations of govt-imposed
#StateOfEmergency
+
#Detentions
, including jailed ex-Pres
@maumoonagayoom
+ ex-Pres
@MohamedNasheed
in exile
@hrw
@amnesty
@UNHumanRights
@OmarWaraich
@AP
@SaleemaRazak
Chaos in Maldives: MV Police attacking civilians and midea. What’s happening here is very serious, Maldives need HELP
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#Maldives
: Extension of internationally condemned
#StateOfEmergency
approved by Parliament (
@mvpeoplesmajlis
) another 30 days, despite
#Maldivian
opposition lawmakers calling the extension illegal, reported by
@ReutersWorld
from capital Male'
@ReutersSriLanka
@mjunayd
@ap
@afp
JUST IN: Maldives parliament approves extension of state of emergency by 30 days, opposition says approval for extension is illegal. More:
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Just 3 months before
#Maldives
elections,MP
@afarismaumoon
was sentenced to over 4 more mos in jail after nearly a yr pretrial imprisonment. A nephew of ruling
@PresidentYAG
, Faris Maumoon is a son of ex-Pres
@maumoonagayoom
also jailed
@omctorg
@Sam_hanryon
@OmarWaraich
@ABAesq
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#Maldives
#FulbrightScholar
Adam Abdulla
@edzyadam
crosses
#SyracuseUniversity
stage to receive MPA degree today
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#Maldives
' position in middle of
#IndianOcean
means current
#MaldivesCrisis
plays directly into
#IndianOcean
rivalry and global power-games, as Dr. James M. Dorsey explains
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Speaking at
#WomensMarch
#asheville
Sunday in sub-freezing temps/Arctic winds: Bundled up in many layers of clothes+weighted down in heavy wool cape to keep warm+still get out message promoting
#womensrights
+urging
#EqualRightsAmendment
ratification
@WomensMarchAVL
@asheville
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An interesting note immediately after REUTERS publication of my '77 intv w/PresNasir was
#China
@XHNews
sent a journalist to report+congratulate
#Maldives
on its stance vs superpowers: "little
#IndianOcean
nation that said No" (as my later ASIAWEEK article described
#Maldives
)
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#Maldives
#IslandLife
chosen by
@husendidi
great
#Maldivian
#diver
#Diving
instructor educator mentor conservationist preservationist friend to many worldwide. Thanks
@husendidi
your marvelous tweets extolling good natural
#islandlife
in beautiful
#IndianOcean
archipelago
Choosing the
#IslandLife
is one of the hardest, but also one of the most rewarding things I ever did.
Fruits/veggies fresh from my farm pesticide-free and fish from the ocean not from the fridge
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Congratulations
#Maldives
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
@ibusolih
@IbuSolihu2018
@presidencymv
sworn in Sat+to all
#Maldives
nation+people.Wishing I could be there with you all to celebrate this great occasion.Sending all best wishes for hopeful+peaceful future
@MaldivesVoice4
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#MaldivesCrisis
: Friday's protests vs govt showed more signs of a
#Maldives
United Opposition -photo of mother of now exiled ex-pres
@MohamedNasheed
holding sign to free MP
@afarismaumoon
, son of now jailed ex-pres
@maumoonagayoom
tweeted by MP
@AleeVoice
@ReutersWorld
@ap
@afp
President Nasheed's mother holding a poster of Free MP. Faris who is the son of President Maumoon. A powerful message to the whole Maldives that injustices will never be tolerated any more.
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#Maldives
Congratulations
#Maldives
@MohamedNasheed
on great
#parliament
election+to all
#Maldivians
on your
#democratic
#parliamentelections2019
--making world news
@AFP
@firstpost
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#Maldives
:"1st time our(former)first lady (wife-jailed ex-pres
@maumoonagayoom
)spoke+er message very loud+clear.Whole nation vibrated with positivity. No mention of personal grief.Spoke only of what is right.Nation1stnot only in words butin spirit too.Respects, madam!" (
@akdeen
)
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#Maldives
-sad story this wk of Green Sea-
#TURTLE
that came to lay eggs, as always, on her primordial beach-but now to find it's an air-runway, reminded me of my long-ago article
@Defenders
1977 about
#Maldives
#IndianOcean
#turtles
as
#endangeredspecies
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#Maldives
top opposition lawyer
@hisaanhussain
interrogated in Criminal Court in
#Maldivian
capital as part of govt's latest inquiry-into comments she made to media following conviction of nation's highest-ranking judges
@CJAbdullaSaeed
@LAWASIA_alerts
@ABAesq
@ABANews
@amnesty
Top opposition lawyer summoned for court inquiry -
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#Maldives
High Ct overturned conviction of MP
@afarismaumoon
.Faris Maumoon,among nation's longtime
#PoliticalPrisoners
+AmnestyInt'l
@amnesty
Prisoner-Conscience,declared all charges"politically motivated"
@amnestysasia
@OmarWaraich
@hrw
@LAWASIA_alerts
@omctorg
@ABAesq
@KenRoth
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#Maldives
-always concern for this beloved country: Here's
#Maldivian
FM
@abdulla_shahid
on
#COVID19
impact on this
#IndianOcean
nation dependent on
#tourism
: "As we go through this challenging time, wishing for strength, patience & perseverance to our people." Prayers
#staysafe
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#MalaysiaElection
stuns as 92-year-old Mahathir Mohamad calls for
#RuleOfLaw
+leads opposition to victory. Observers elsewhere in
#IndianOcean
nations, e.g.,
#Maldives
#India
#Myanmar
#Bangladesh
, closely watching
#Malaysia
model
@STForeignDesk
@mjunayd
@Rezhasan
@GatewayHouseIND
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#Maldives
#SoE
#Detentions
continue: conditions in prisons reported worsening.
@yumna_maumoon
(husband
@MNadhym
+brother
@afarismaumoon
+father ex-pres
@maumoonagayoom
all in prison) demands
#Maldives
govt provide detainees clean drinking water
@amnesty
@OmarWaraich
@hrw
@ap
@afp
Clean drinking water is a basic human right. I call upon the authorities to please provide clean drinking water to all in Dhoonidhoo Custodial and Maafushi Prison
@PoliceMv
@Corrections_Mv
@hrcmv
@UNHumanRights
@amnesty
@EU_Maldives
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@Muhammad_Aiysh
It's a shame they are not having Maldivian singers, musicians, performing artists. In the original days of tourism in Maldives, Maldivians were the bands and singers. It was marvelous.
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#USA
Amb to
#Maldives
@USAmbKeshap
@USEmbSL
calls for
#RuleOfLaw
as he speaks out vs
#Maldives
govt's conviction+more prison-sentencing of
#PoliticalPrisoners
former-President
@maumoonagayoom
+
#SupremeCourt
justices
@CJAbdullaSaeed
+A.Hameed, all 3 jailed since Feb 5
@nikkihaley
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