NGOs Demand Transparency from Commission on Deaths and Disappearances

A coalition of NGOs called for the Commission on Deaths and Disappearances (DDCom) to release its investigative findings before its impending dissolution, urging President Mohamed Muizzu and the Human Rights Commission of Maldives (HRCM) to ensure disclosure. DDCom, formed in November 2018, promised to complete investigations within two years but has not delivered justice in any case after five and a half years, leaving over 20 victims' families waiting. DDCom's expenditure was nearly MVR 5.5 million between 2018-2021. The NGOs criticized DDCom for withholding findings, allegedly under orders from the President's Office. Aishath Rasheed, sister of murdered blogger Yameen Rasheed, provided a direct quote demanding the redacted report be shared.

A coalition of NGOs called for the Commission on Deaths and Disappearances (DDCom) to release its investigative findings before its impending dissolution, urging President Mohamed Muizzu and the Human Rights Commission of Maldives (HRCM) to ensure disclosure. DDCom, formed in November 2018, promised to complete investigations within two years but has not delivered justice in any case after five and a half years, leaving over 20 victims' families waiting. DDCom's expenditure was nearly MVR 5.5 million between 2018-2021. The NGOs criticized DDCom for withholding findings, allegedly under orders from the President's Office. Aishath Rasheed, sister of murdered blogger Yameen Rasheed, provided a direct quote demanding the redacted report be shared.

A coalition of NGOs called for the Commission on Deaths and Disappearances (DDCom) to release its investigative findings before its impending dissolution, urging President Mohamed Muizzu and the Human Rights Commission of Maldives (HRCM) to ensure disclosure. DDCom, formed in November 2018, promised to complete investigations within two years but has not delivered justice in any case after five and a half years, leaving over 20 victims' families waiting. DDCom's expenditure was nearly MVR 5.5 million between 2018-2021. The NGOs criticized DDCom for withholding findings, allegedly under orders from the President's Office. Aishath Rasheed, sister of murdered blogger Yameen Rasheed, provided a direct quote demanding the redacted report be shared.

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