312:. It was found out in the investigative report by DDCom that Rilwan was decapitated and drowned by local Al-Qaeda affiliates. The Maldives Police Services' Professional Standard Command (PSC) has also stated that they would take action against officers affiliated with Rilwan's abduction, which they sacked two officers. In December 2019, DDCom presented charges against the perpetrators to the PGO which they denied, citing inadequate investigations.
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Moyameeha is a campaign led by Rilwan's family, friends and supporters. 'Moyameeha' is Rilwan's Twitter account handle. This campaign held organized protests, lobbied politicians, held marches and placed missing person posters in the streets of Male. It's also revealed that people working in the
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and won, leading Alif and
Nooradeen back to a remand facility. In May 2016, Rilwan's family later accused the government of being involved in his disappearance, which the WGEID later summoned the Maldivian government in its 109th session for a response about the disappearance of Rilwan. The Maldivian
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In 2017, to mark 3 years of Rilwan's abduction a march was held and was met by pepper spray and arrests made by police officers. Police arrested politicians as well as staff members of
Transparency Maldives, an NGO. In September 2017, PGO charged the three suspects with terrorism. After hearing
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Rilwan was a journalist working for
Minivan News. Prior to his disappearance, Rilwan had been regularly receiving death threats from gangs and religious extremists for advocating religious tolerance and an open critic of government policy and radical Islam.
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September 2014 titled the '#suvaalumarch' (Question March) to protest, after the police not being able to answer key questions. Rilwan's family submitted a petition with more than 5000 signatures to the
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after seeing a man being forced into a car with a knife in front of his apartment building. Maldivian journalists expressed concern for Rilwan's disappearance and has said that its a threat for freedom of press.
205:(now known as Maldives National University) in Foundation courses, different Information and Technology courses. He later did Communications and journalism as well as his English literature degree at the
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campaign received death threats. including his employer, Minivan News. The question mark (? or ❓) is affiliated to Rilwan due to the question march where people had placards showing question marks.
181:; 18 January 1986 – 8 August 2014) was a Maldivian journalist, reporter and blogger who was abducted and killed in 2014. His disappearance received international recognition and sparked protests.
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to investigate Rilwan's disappearance. In April 2016, Alif Rauf and
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Rilwan's family. A complaint was later filed by his mother, Aminath Easa, to the Human Rights
Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) over the use of pepper spray. On 28 August 2015,
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government later denied that it was responsible or that it had involvement in his disappearance. In June 2016, suspects of Rilwan's abduction was transferred to home arrest.
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1112:. 17 September 2017
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1308:. 3 September 2019
1252:. 3 September 2019
649:. 24 December 2015
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193:. He started his
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