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Maldives issues in the agenda of the 61st session, Commission on Human Rights, Geneva (14 March-22 April 2005)

Mariyam Mohamed, 6 April 2005

Maldives human rights abuse cases are to be discussed in the UN 61 session on Human Rights being held in Geneva now.
Below are links related to Maldives issues submitted to the Commission on Human Rights 61st Session

1. Commission on Human Rights, 61st session, Geneva (14 March-22 April 2005)
http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/index.htm

2. Item 9 of the provisional agenda
QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD
Written statement* submitted by the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC), a non-governmental organization in special consultative

status
SUPPRESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES
http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/sdpage_e.aspx?b=1&se=59&t=7

3. Item 14 of the provisional agenda
SPECIFIC GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS MIGRANT WORKERS
Report submitted by Ms. Gabriela Rodríquez Pizarro, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/sdpage_e.aspx?b=1&se=59&t=9
Paragraphs 148 and 149 (pages 31 and 32)
Maldives
Communications sent to the Government
148. By letter dated 10 June 2004, sent jointly with the Special Rapporteur on torture, the Special Rapporteur notified the Government that she had received information concerning the case of Rajan, Saravanan, and Kamal, three Indian nationals in possession of work permits, working in Male'. According to the information received, on 8 April 2003 they were arrested and charged with the rape and murder of a woman. It was also alleged that the three men were subjected to physical ill-treatment in detention. Saravanan was reportedly forced to sign a confession despite his demands for a forensic examination. It is reported that Saravanan subsequently died in detention as a result of a beating. The three men allegedly did not understand the local language, and the assistance of a translator or an interpreter was not
provided.

Observations
149. The Special Rapporteur would like to reiterate her interest in receiving the reply of the Government of the Maldives regarding these allegations.