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Foreign Worker Protests

Expatriate Workers Confront Police Officers with Violence

Expatriate Workers Confront Police Officers with Violence

By Maldives Times 2 min read

A group of expatriate workers confronted police officers with violence and damaged police property when the police attended to a protest in Hulhumale’ on 13th July 2020. The protesters threw bricks towards the police officers who attended the scene and injured several police officers. When the Maldives Police Service received information of this, a team […]

President Convenes a Meeting to Discuss Foreign Worker Protests

President Convenes a Meeting to Discuss Foreign Worker Protests

By Maldives Times 1 min read

President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih met with the National Security Council (NSC) and relevant senior officials this evening, to discuss the ongoing protests by foreign workers over unpaid wages. The meeting was held at the President’s Office. Discussions pertained to the rising tensions between certain expatriates and locals, the threat this poses to public safety, and […]