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Rising sea levels increasingly threaten the population of the world's lowest lying state. Hundreds of thousands of Maldivians would need a new home, if the rising sea level makes the islands of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean uninhabitable. Mohamed Nasheed is the first democratically elected president of the Maldives. As an opposition activist, he led a nonviolent fight against the
authoritarian regime of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who governed the country for 30 years. Nasheed was prosecuted for his political activism and imprisoned several times. In 1991 in recognition of his nonviolent activism, the human rights organization Amnesty International declared Nasheed a "prisoner of conscience." After successfully founding the Maldivian Democratic Party in 2005, Nasheed was elected President of the Maldives in 2008. He has been honored with numerous awards for his political activism and his battle against climate change. In 2009 he was awarded the Anna Lindh Prize in recognition of his outstanding commitment to human rights, democracy, and environmental protection, and last September he was named "Hero of the Environment" by Time magazine.
Information on participating / attending:
Contact Information:
Dr. Kirsten Jörgensen
Environmental Policy Research Center
Ihnestraße 22, D-14195 Berlin
Tel.: (+)49 - 30 - 838 55097, Fax: (+)49 - 30 - 838 56685
E-Mail: kirstenj@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Date:
03/11/2010 10:15 - 03/11/2010
Event venue:
Henry Ford Building, Freie Universität (Lecture Hall B), Garystraße 35
14195 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, all interested persons
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Environment / ecology, Geosciences, Oceanology / climate, Social studies
Types of events:
Entry:
03/05/2010
Sender/author:
Melanie Hansen
Department:
Kommunikations- und Informationsstelle
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event30507
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