AP reported that yesterday in the Maldives, 300 people demonstrated against UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay who had just concluded a visit to the country. The protesters, claiming that the United Nations is spreading anti-Islamic activities in the Maldives, objected to Pillay's speech before Parliament in which she said that the flogging of women found to have had sex outside marriage is "inhuman and degrading." Protesters also criticized Maldives officials for allowing Pillay to speak in Parliament.
UPDATE: Minivan News (11/27) reports on additional criticism of Pillay by various political and religious leaders in the Maldives.
