Australia awards grant to Maldivian Detainees Network

Press Release

Australian Development Counsellor, Percy Stanley, today announced that the Australian Government had awarded the Maldivian Detainee Network a grant of close to Australian Dollar 50,000 under its Human Rights Small Grants Scheme (HRSGS), which provides grants to in-country organisations (primarily non-government) for activities aimed at promoting and protecting human rights in a direct and tangible way. The focus of the scheme is the Asia-Pacific region, and it is the first time that a Maldivian organisation has received the award. more