January 2012
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December 2011
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“The group of people should be given religious counselling and should be taken legal action against if…” http://t.co/Uqu6Z4fv
Protesters calling for religious tolerance attacked with stones, threatened with death - Police are… http://t.co/iE1XLqqE
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Protesters calling for religious tolerance... →
Police are investigating a violent attack on a ‘silent protest’ calling for religious tolerance, held at the Artificial Beach to mark Human Rights Day.
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“The group of people should be given religious counselling and should be taken...”
– Adhaalath on religious freedom supporters in Maldives on Human Rights Day, 10 December 2011
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Can Momentum for LGBT Rights Continue at U.N.? →
United Nations officials and human rights defenders from around the world gathered Thursday in New York for “Stop Bullying,” a high-level panel discussion focused on ending discrimination and violence against LGBT people in recognition of International Human Rights Day. The occasion provided a rare opportunity for those working on the issues to assess the changed landscape after a year of...
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Growing beard close to being a religious... →
The verdict prohibits authorities to order employees to shave their beards “to make them look like women” and notes that all the messengers and prophets of God, from Prophet Ibrahim to Mohamed, and their companions and adherents had their beards grown.
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SE Asia should focus on keeping kids HIV-free: WHO →
HIV/AIDS is shifting profile from a “life-threatening emergency to a manageable chronic disease,” finds an annual report on the Global Response to HIV/AIDS.
The report was released in honor of World Aids Day on December 1, 2011 by World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in collaboration with...
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Male’ City Council denies plans to erect signs... →
Male’ City Council member Ahmed Falah has denied media reports today that the council has decided to put up sign boards banning immodest dressing to discourage tourists from wearing bikinis on beaches and other public areas in the capital.
Local newspaper Haveeru reported Male’ City Council member Ibrahim Shujau as telling the paper that the council had received complaints from the public...
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November 2011
75 posts
WatchSTOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND WATCH THE HELL OUT OF THIS: Cazwell And Peaches Debut ‘Unzip Me’ (NSFW)
Of the collaboration Cazwell says, “It was an honor to work with the queen of electro. She’s someone I’ve admired and wanted to emulate because of her punk rock, no limits spirit.” Peaches adds that she “loved trashing the drum kit.”
This...
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where da anons at
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Welcome back, @hilath! Fuck you, Telecomunications Authority of #Maldives (#TAM)!!!
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“Don’t act like the hypocrite, who thinks he can conceal his wiles while...”
– Hafez, 14th Century Iranian Poet
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Will U.K.'s The Guardian Stop Calling Gays... →
A Guardian staffer says it’s time the British paper entered the 21st century.
Op-ed: The Harsh Reality of Some Transgender Lives →
When the LGBT community breeds transphobia, everyone gets left behind, and the scores of transgender women who are commemorated each year at the Transgender Day of Remembrance are proof.
Where to now for Mardi Gras? →
If one thing has become clear in the last 48 hours, it is that the organisation charged with running Sydney’s 33-year-old celebration of gay rights is at another crossroads.
Jared French's Magic Realism →
Continuing to explore artists who eroticized the male figure before Tom of Finland’s career began, we look at bisexual artist Jared French.
Danger follows those who defy sexual taboos in... →
It was anything but a normal wedding. The identity cards were forged, the groom’s parents refused to attend and only a handful of friends were invited. The event was so taboo it could have ended with the bride and groom in jail.
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“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children!”
– unknown
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Breaking News: Hilath.com blocked by Dhiraagu
On 17 November 2011, Hilath.com has been officially blocked by Dhiraagu due to a request from Communication Authority of Maldives (CAM).
We are fortunate to obtain the email which informed Hilath, indirectly but, that the Maldives was trying to silence his views regarding homosexuality and Islam in the Maldives.
Hilath Rasheed’s official reaction and statement is as follows,
“I...
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