Something that I didn't know that I found of particular interest.
"The Maldives constitution mandates that all citizens of Maldives must be Muslims."
And thus not surprisingly:
"There have been repeated reports on Maldives government publicly whipping of women and the Maldives is in the bottom rankings of nations with a global gender gap."
And even less surprisingly:
"The Maldives is also a nation that, on May 13, 2010, was elected to be part of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)."
You need to go to the link-rich web page on for one:http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/mohamed-nazim/