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A pickaxe is a tool with a hard head attached perpendicular to the handle, similar to a pick. One edge is pointed and the other chiseled. The spike is most commonly made of metal, and the handle is most commonly wood or metal. The pointed edge is most often used to break up rocky surfaces. The large momentum of a heavy pickaxe, combined with the small contact area, makes it very effective for this purpose. The chiseled edge is used for cutting through roots. Its handle, without the head, is often used as a baton, for example officially in the British Army: see Club (weapon)#Batons, truncheons, and nights ...

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The Black Friday demonstration was associated with the reform activities started in 2003 following the death of Evan Naseem. His death and the following riots of September 20 were partly responsible for the formation of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) in exile in neighboring Sri Lanka. Ever since the MDP's formation, the Maldivian government has been under constant international pressure. The opposition movement has often accused President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of being a brutal dictator who uses fear and intimidation to rule. Gayoom's critics are often said to be arrested ...

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Black Friday Maldives, Black Friday Maldives - Reform activities, Black Friday Maldives - Detention of the reformists, Black Friday Maldives - Demonstration, Black Friday Maldives - Crackdown, Black Friday Maldives - State of Emergency, Black Friday Maldives - Internet and SMS service taken offline, Black Friday Maldives - Local media reporting, Black Friday Maldives - One year anniversary demonstration

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As the calling for Gayoom's resignation got louder and stronger, few pro-government people gathered to Republican Square. Some of them were sent there, according to reformists, to create violence so that use of force to disperse the crowd could be justified. Since international media was reporting the event, NSS needed a valid and justifiable reason to use force to disperse the crowd. In several occasions the pro-government crowd tried to instigate violence. However reformists ignored them and contin ...

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Black Friday Maldives, Black Friday Maldives - Reform activities, Black Friday Maldives - Detention of the reformists, Black Friday Maldives - Demonstration, Black Friday Maldives - Crackdown, Black Friday Maldives - State of Emergency, Black Friday Maldives - Internet and SMS service taken offline, Black Friday Maldives - Local media reporting, Black Friday Maldives - One year anniversary demonstration

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President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom declared State of Emergency in Malé and nearby islands, pursuant to powers vested in him by Section 144 of the Constitution, for the second time in the Maldives history. A curfew was imposed in Malé with heavy security. There were several road blocks and check posts. Nearly after two months, the State of Emergency was lifted due to International pressure. ...

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Both Television Maldives (TVM) and Voice of Maldives (VOM), controlled by the government, initially did not report the event as a major event. At 1400hrs news, while the protest was still going, TVM reported that "only a small crowd had gathered and caused disharmony at the Republican Square, the people who caused this had been noted and that action will be taken against them". At 2000hrs news, after declaring the State of Emergency, TVM downplays the size of the prote ...

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Black Friday Maldives, Black Friday Maldives - Reform activities, Black Friday Maldives - Detention of the reformists, Black Friday Maldives - Demonstration, Black Friday Maldives - Crackdown, Black Friday Maldives - State of Emergency, Black Friday Maldives - Internet and SMS service taken offline, Black Friday Maldives - Local media reporting, Black Friday Maldives - One year anniversary demonstration

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When police summoned Mr. Mohamed Yoosuf, a few reform activists decided to gather near Republican Square to inquire about Yoosuf's detention. What started as a vigil at Republican Square in Malé at dusk on August 12, 2004, turned into a mass gathering of people demanding democratic reform. As the crowd grew larger and the demands to free Mr. Yoosuf became louder, he was released that afternoon. However, the protesters demanded four other reformists detained in Dhoonidhoo detention centre be transferred to Malé. They also called for ...

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Black Friday Maldives, Black Friday Maldives - Reform activities, Black Friday Maldives - Detention of the reformists, Black Friday Maldives - Demonstration, Black Friday Maldives - Crackdown, Black Friday Maldives - State of Emergency, Black Friday Maldives - Internet and SMS service taken offline, Black Friday Maldives - Local media reporting, Black Friday Maldives - One year anniversary demonstration

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On the afternoon of August 12, 2004, a blacklisted reformist, Mr. Mohamed Yoosuf (Fulhu), was summoned to NSS headquarters. He was detained in the Shaheed Hussain Adam Building opposite of the NSS building. A few days before Mr. Yoosuf's arrest, four other activists were held and detained in Dhoonidhoo detention centre on a separate island near Malé. Ahmed Adam and Abdul Rasheed were arrested after a police raid on August 9, 2004. Firshan Ahmed Zahir and Hussain Rasheed were arrested on August 10, 2004, re ...

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Black Friday Maldives, Black Friday Maldives - Reform activities, Black Friday Maldives - Detention of the reformists, Black Friday Maldives - Demonstration, Black Friday Maldives - Crackdown, Black Friday Maldives - State of Emergency, Black Friday Maldives - Internet and SMS service taken offline, Black Friday Maldives - Local media reporting, Black Friday Maldives - One year anniversary demonstration

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