Friday, June 8, 2007

Golha Force Accused Of Violence As Maafushi Inmate Buried

The body of Maafushi prison inmate Muslih Abbas was buried on Wednesday afternoon. Police and state media have reported he died of a drug overdose, but Muslih’s death certificate records the cause of death as unknown.Five further Maafushi inmates have been treated in the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) in MalĂ©, after at least four hundred prisoners broke out from the island prison on Tuesday night. Police have so far denied there was any physical confrontation with guards, saying only that three inmates were hospitalised after “swallowing pharmaceuticals.” But three of the inmates treated at IGMH had physical injuries consistent with assault. Read More >>

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