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Text of report by Sri Lankan-based Maldivian Minivan News website on 17 April
Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) Deputy Secretary-General Aishath Aniya is staging a hunger strike in Dhoonidhoo Detention Centre following her arrest during a peaceful demonstration in Male' on Friday [14 April] afternoon. Hundreds of MDP supporters took to the streets of the capital and the southern atolls of Gaaf Dhaal, Gaaf Alif and Addu to protest against unelected appointees in parliament and the government's inept handling of the fishing industry.
Although the protests remained...