{"id":3673,"date":"2011-03-14T08:34:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T08:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2011\/03\/14\/dhivehi-an-independent-autopsy-in-sri-lanka-has\/"},"modified":"2017-07-10T03:42:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T03:42:26","slug":"dhivehi-an-independent-autopsy-in-sri-lanka-has","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/14\/dhivehi-an-independent-autopsy-in-sri-lanka-has\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n

dhivehi<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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An independent autopsy in Sri Lanka has found no sign of torture on the body of a Maldives opposition supporter whose death sparked protests.<\/p>\n

Hussain Salah\u2019s body was found near the capital, Male, a week ago.<\/p>\n

The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) said Mr Salah had been killed in police custody.<\/p>\n

The procedure was carried out in Sri Lanka at the request of the dead man\u2019s family. The preliminary report showed that the cause of death was drowning.<\/p>\n

Physical violence was ruled out.<\/p>\n

\u2018Not satisfied\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

The government of the Maldives says the autopsy proves that Mr Salah was not killed by the police, as the opposition has been maintaining for a week.<\/p>\n

And the preliminary report showed that the cause of death was drowning.<\/p>\n

When Mr Salah\u2019s body was found floating in a lagoon last Sunday, the MDP said he had been murdered in custody and dumped.<\/p>\n

Several people were arrested in protests that followed.<\/p>\n

But the police maintained the dead man had been released unharmed 36 hours earlier.<\/p>\n

And the postmortem report showed the injuries might have happened while he was in the water.<\/p>\n

The MDP says it is not satisfied by the investigations – saying the sequence of events that led up to the drowning has not been established.<\/p>\n

The opposition and the government are at loggerheads in the Maldives where political parties have been allowed only since 2005.<\/p>\n

The MDP accuses President Mamoun Abdul Gayoom, in office since 1978, of dragging his feet on reforms in an attempt to hold on to power.<\/p>\n

Source: BBC News<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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