Maldives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Maldives, (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, Dhivehi Raa'je), officially Republic of Maldives (Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, Dhivehi Raa'jeyge Jumhooriyya), also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep Islands, between Minicoy Island and Chagos Archipelago. It stands in the Laccadive Sea, about 700 kilometres south-west of Sri Lanka and 400 kilometres south-west of India. During the colonial era, the Dutch referred to the country as 'Maldivische Eilanden' in their documentation, while 'Maldive Islands' is the anglicised version of the local name used by the British, which later came to be written 'Maldives'. ..."
Measures of Freedom
Maldives | Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2012
2012: Status: Partly Free, Political Rights: 3, Civil Liberties: 4
2012: Status: Partly Free, Political Rights: 3, Civil Liberties: 4