Mahmoud Gayoom

An Arab Spring Without Support

Mary Keck | Posted 04.18.2012

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Mary Keck

If the U.S. is faced with evidence that the president of the Republic of the Maldives was unlawfully removed, we should recognize the human rights of those who live on the islands of the Indian Ocean.

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The Power of Protest in the Maldives

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Protests, South Asia, Nonviolent Action, Nonviolence, Democracy, Maldives, Maldive Islands, Civil Disobedience, Mahmoud Gayoom, Political Protests, Non-Violence Resistance, Gayoom Regime, Political Activism, Ukraine, World News
Stephen Zunes

The triumph of democracy in the Maldive Islands should be counted as yet another example of the power of civil resistance to create a government by the people, for the people.

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