Celebrities put their names to the campaign for democracy in Maldives
Posted By Hilath
This is getting big. Even if people don’t listen to politicians, they do worship their celebrities. For example, anything they utter can have effects. Like if a celebrity says that he/she feels that Maldives is not ethical enough to travel to, imagine the catastrophic effect it would have on our tourism and our subsequent tumbling down into an economic abyss. So finally we are going to see some real pressure on Waheed’s dictatorship…
Kim Cattrall, Thom Yorke, Minnie Driver and Ed Norton may not seem the most obvious bed-fellows, but they’ve joined forces this week over the same issue. Along with seasoned activist Darryl Hannah, and other luminaries including Sir Richard Branson and Jonathan Porritt, these A-listers have put their names to an open letter in the Guardian, calling upon the current regime in the Maldives to set a date for free elections, and to “end the culture of systematic police brutality and to release all political detainees including opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed”. Read more
