The Foreign Ministry has lost contact with six Maldivians in Libya, although it has not received reports of any injuries.
The situation in Libya is increasingly unstable with much of the eastern part of the country rebelling from the leadership of Muammar Gaddafi, the head of the country’s 42 year autocracy.
“We were checking on their condition until yesterday when we were unable to contact them via phone. Their phones would not ring, either,” a Foreign Ministry official told newspaper Haveeru.
“We are trying to contact them and are looking into any possible way that we could contact them through Dhiraagu. We are also trying to contact the Maldivians through an embassy in Libya of a friendly nation.”
US President Barack Obama has meanwhile broken his silence over the Libyan situation and outright condemned Gaddafi’s tactic of using violence against the demonstrators. The US President has sent Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Europe to attend a meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
“The suffering and bloodshed is outrageous and it is unacceptable. So are threats and orders to shoot peaceful protesters and further punish the people of Libya. These actions violate international norms and every standard of common decency. This violence must stop,” said President Obama said.
Minivan News has meanwhile obtained a copy of Gaddafi’s ‘Little Green Book’, entitled “The Solution of the Problem of Democracy”, copies of which were reportedly gifted to a generation of Maldivian school students under former Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.
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nice touch at the end:) LOL Mumoon was giving away copies of Gaddafi bible
Is this before or after President Nasheed condemned Gaddafi's actions, do you know?
If it's after, here's a new chance for more ingenious correlation and blame Anni for their disappearance.
Of course Maumoon loves Gaddafi. He's Maumoon's role model.
Gayoom outdid Gaddafi and got the Big Green Book.
The best bet for our students will be to stay away from middle east. Not to send them ever again to the middle east. permanently.
If you want to study religion, there are other countries which have excellent programs.