Usham slams rejection of amendment assuring freedom of assembly

Parliamentary representative of Greater Male' area's Vilimale' constituency, MP Ahmed Usham, on Wednesday, criticized the parliament's decision to reject the bill on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly.

The MP particularly highlighted that the decision was in contravention with the decision of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations in October to abolish the amendment to the Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Act, which granted powers for the state to impose limitations on assemblies.