Maldives' new president rebukes Burmese junta in letter to UN

http://www.gnn.tv/headlines/19656/Maldives_new_president_rebukes_Burmese_junta_in_letter_to_UN

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:50:22 -0600Summary:
On November 11, 2008, Mohamed Nasheed inherited power peacefully from Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who had been running Maldives as a dictatorship since 1978. Gayoom apologized for “any actions on my part … (that) led to unfair treatment, difficulty or injustice for any Maldivian.”

Now, President Nasheed is setting an example more world leaders should follow by writing a strongly worded letter to Ibrahim Gambari, the UN special envoy to Burma. In it, he wrote: “It is extremely frustrating to watch the constant abuse of human rights by the leaders of Burma.” He called the Burmese junta’s “Roadmap to Democracy” a sham, and said the people of the Maldives were with those “struggling to establish democracy in Burma.”