Shaheedhunge dhuvas or martyrs day

Today is martyrs day or shahedhunge dhuvas in maldives to mark the people who died for the nation against occupation. it was a public holiday before but now it isnt. this is also the day we lost our nation to the portugeese too.well we call matyrs who fight for the nation against a foreign power but what about opression inside the country. what about the people who against brutalizm inside the country by the governing people. wont those people who try to find freedom within the country also wbe called martyr's. god bless all who have fought for the country.