Police in Malé are questioning Ahmed Sobah over graffiti reading 'terrorists' and 'child killers' on the wall of the American Center, and he says a case has been filed against him. His lawyer Hamza Khaleel urged the Prosecutor General's Office to consider the matter in light of human rights and freedom of expression.
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My client [has been] charged for expressing himself against the genocide in Palestine. As an artist he used his art. We call upon the @PGO_MV [Prosecutor General's Office] to look at this in the light of Human Rights and Freedom of Express…
The artwork I created was born out of a profound sense of empathy and solidarity with the Palestinian people who have endured unimaginable suffering. It was a symbolic expression of my anguish and frustration over the continued violence an…
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The American Center Malé, which was established in 2004, is the US Embassy’s cultural exchange presence in the Maldives
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Police are questioning a man for graffitiing the words ‘terrorists’ and ‘child killers’ on the wall of the American Center in Malé.
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the man, identified as Ahmed Sobah, has acknowledged that a case has been filed against him in connection with the incident.
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