Police arrests lawmakers Mahloof and Muhammaa

15 ފެބުރުއަރީ 2018 | ބުރާސްފަތި 03:49

They were arrested at Wednesday night's opposition rally

Shan Anees | 15 ފެބުރުއަރީ 2018 | ބުރާސްފަތި 03:49

MP Ahmed Mahloof being removed from the parliamentary premises by the military on Wednesday, 14th February

Lawmakers Ahmed Mahloof and Mohamed 'Muhammaa' Abdulla have been arrested.

They were arrested at the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party's nightly rallying grounds in Heinveiru of capital city Malé.

The police had use brutal force to disband the gathering and had indiscriminately used pepper-spray, on civilians, pedestrians, and journalists.

The arrests comes less than a day after the United Nations and the international community asked that arrests and detension in the country, with the state of emergency in place, not curtail the rights of detainees.

Police arrests lawmakers Mahloof and Muhammaa

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