On 12th August 2005, then opposition leader, Mohamed Nasheed (Anni) began a peaceful protest sitting in the middle of the Republican Square (Jumhooree Maidhaan), where pro-democracy activists staged the largest and first ever demonstration against the brutal regime of Dictator Gayyoom. Less than an hour later, Nasheed (who is ironically now the President of the Maldives) and few of his associates were dragged into the Police HQ nearby. Nasheed spent few almost a year in custody without a charge on this account alone.
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