Patrick Browne, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s South Asia correspondent, and his cameraman were manhandled by police during a demonstration on 23 March marking the return of opposition activist Mariya Ahmed Didi from Washington, where she received the International Woman of Courage award from secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. Brown is in the Maldives to do a report on President Abdul Gayoom. Ahmed Rasheed, a journalist with the opposition daily Minivan, was detained for two hours at the end of the demonstration without being given an explanation. It was the second time Rasheed has been held by the police.
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