tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432589804037104130.post4962956141396922173..comments2023-05-29T03:23:38.264-07:00Comments on idhikeeli: Vigil to be held in Male' to remember torture victim Eavan Naseemidhikeelihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03242258369313728358noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432589804037104130.post-68739171169902753072007-10-23T23:37:00.000-07:002007-10-23T23:37:00.000-07:00if you people really cared, tell me why 75% of mal...if you people really cared, tell me why 75% of maldives have drug abuse problem ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432589804037104130.post-81847180225058941142007-09-20T01:46:00.000-07:002007-09-20T01:46:00.000-07:00anonymous, since you seem to know who I am I wish ...anonymous, since you seem to know who I am I wish I could say the same thing about you... there is no conflict.... i have said how I see things... perhaps you can explain if what I have said is not true... about political opportunists.... by the way there is no value judgment here.... just observation.heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299302465958331525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432589804037104130.post-36593178708128150882007-09-19T23:21:00.000-07:002007-09-19T23:21:00.000-07:00heaven: you have said "Perhaps the horrific incide...heaven: you have said "Perhaps the horrific incident was capitalized on by politically minded opportunists to make a case against the regime." People of Male' were expressing their rage that day. There was the shooting incident after Evan's death. The white lies of the regime were finally exposed. Are you having a conflict of identity and a conflict in mind because Gayoom spent money for your education in UK? Doesn't your conscience bother you when another person was tortured and killed this year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432589804037104130.post-47777067918900178262007-09-19T06:36:00.000-07:002007-09-19T06:36:00.000-07:00Eavan, brutally beaten to death. I was not in Male...Eavan, brutally beaten to death. I was not in Male at the time so it was a little unreal to me at first. Until I saw the pictures. Until I remembered that he was the little boy whom I saw growing up. Who lived opposite the house I lived in Male. He must have been of the same age as my youngest brother...<BR/><BR/>I have returned to Male now and I continue to live opposite the same house where Evan grew up and as far as I know where he lived until he was no more.... <BR/><BR/>Perhaps I will never know the intensity of the feelings generated in Male on the night and days following Evan brutal murder in custody. Perhaps the horrific incident was capitalized on by politically minded opportunists to make a case against the regime.<BR/><BR/>But yes, Evan was not special in anyway. He was not a political martyr. For all I know he might have never intended to cause the riot that he did. But we cannot escape the fact that the incident which were triggered by his murder has enveloped us all. It has goaded us to reflect hard on what we want to be - as people, as a people. <BR/><BR/>I remain numb when I imagine the state in which he left this world. May he be in peace.heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299302465958331525noreply@blogger.com