Ahmed Rilwan


Foundation launched in memory of Rilwan and Yameen
It was announced by the mothers of the abducted journalist and slain blogger.
11 Apr 2019, 9:00 AM


Presidential commissions to probe corruption and unresolved murders
Inquiry commissions were instituted by presidential decree hours after Solih took the oath of office.
19 Nov 2018, 9:00 AM


Maldives president ‘stayed up all night’ during Rilwan search effort
A very capable team worked on the investigation, the ex-police chief said.
09 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM


Naseer defends president’s ‘overwhelmed’ message about Rilwan search
Naseer believes the president thought too many state resources were being used.
09 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM


Ahmed Rilwan, four years on
The police and Prosecutor General’s Office have said nothing about the trial verdict.
08 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM


Rilwan’s family to sue Maldives police for negligence
It is almost four years since Ahmed Rilwan disappeared.
07 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM


The disappearance of Ahmed Rilwan: A timeline
The government says it is not responsible for his disappearance.
02 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM


Verdict looms in Rilwan abduction trial
It is almost four years since the abduction of Maldives Independent journalist Ahmed Rilwan.
24 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM


Brother of abducted journalist makes Maldives legal history
Moosa Rilwan said he had never been in a red car alleged to be connected with his brother’s abduction.
12 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM


Maldives court to accept Skype testimony in missing journalist trial
Two defendants are not in custody, despite facing terror charges.
09 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM


Rilwan’s family concerned with direction of abduction trial
Alif Rauf and Mohamed Nooradeen are accused of forcing Ahmed Rilwan into a car at knifepoint outside his apartment building in Hulhumalé in August 2014. Both were arrested shortly after his disappearance but freed two months later.
23 May 2018, 9:00 AM


Yameen Rasheed: The Rilwan Story
“I remember the exact moment when I first saw Ahmed Rilwan,” Yameen Rasheed wrote. “It was late 2009, and I had just arrived in the Maldives.”
22 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM


Terror suspect gets flat in government housing scheme
A list of applicants shows Aalif Rauf received 86 points. He is one of three people charged with terrorism over Rilwan Ahmed’s abduction, who disappeared three years ago.
11 Feb 2018, 9:00 AM


Basic questions about Rilwan unanswered by state, court hears
Three suspects have been charged in connection with the kidnapping of Ahmed Rilwan, who went missing three years ago.
07 Dec 2017, 9:00 AM


Rilwan’s family goes to court for truth behind disappearance
The family filed a right to information request at the civil court asking its intervention to find out “the available facts of the events” that followed Rilwan’s abduction on August 8, 2014.
07 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM


Uproar after watchdog head ‘lauds’ Maldives human rights situation
Media reports that the president of the human rights watchdog dismissed concerns over abuses in the Maldives have provoked widespread condemnation on Twitter.
12 Dec 2016, 9:00 AM


Family of disappeared journalist unveil song to mark second anniversary
Unveiling the song, Rilwan’s sister Mariyam Shehenaz said: “I wrote the words to an old Hindi song, one that we used to listen together, our heads together, the ear phones shared between our ears.”
08 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM


Remembering Rilwan
“My pain over losing Rilwan is largely about what could have been: a close friendship; a long, productive relationship in which we could have spent all this time working towards a shared goal and purpose: of making the society we were born into one that is more tolerant, equal and more…loving,” writes Azra Naseem
08 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM


Latest suspects in Rilwan’s abduction transferred to house arrest
The criminal court has transferred two suspects arrested in April over the abduction of Maldives Independent journalist Ahmed Rilwan to house imprisonment.
23 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM


Journalists retrace missing colleague’s final known footsteps
A group of Maldivian journalists retraced Friday the final known footsteps of their abducted colleague, Ahmed Rilwan, in protest against the government’s response to a UN human rights panel on his disappearance.
14 May 2016, 9:00 AM