Maldives Supreme Court asked to review Nasheed case

Mohamed Nasheed said he would return to the Maldives on November 1.

Ex-defence minister gets extra time for terror trial closing argument

Ameen Faisal is charged with abduction under the now-defunct 1990 Anti-Terrorism Act and faces up to 15 years in jail if found guilty.

Secret terror trial for ex defence minister

Ameen Faisal, who was charged with terrorism over the 2010 detention of President Abdulla Yameen, will be tried behind closed doors, the criminal court has ruled.

Ex-defence minister charged with terrorism

Former Defence Minister Ameen Faisal has been charged with terrorism over the military’s detention of then-MP Abdulla Yameen in July 2010. The trial was scheduled to begin at 1:00pm Tuesday afternoon but the first hearing was cancelled by the criminal court.

Ex-defence minister under investigation over Yameen’s detention in 2010

Police are investigating Ameen Faisal on terrorism charges over the president’s military detention in 2010 and have barred the ex minister from leaving the country

Missing weapons from state armoury ‘a national security failure’

President Abdulla Yameen as the commander-in-chief must bear full responsibility for weapons that went missing from the state armoury, the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has said. The military has acknowledged that a rifle and a submachine gun found in a weapons cache discovered on Friday in the lagoon of an uninhabited island in Baa atoll were from its armoury.

‘Namoona Dhoni’ case retracted by Prosecutor General’s Office

Government reopens 2006 ‘Namoona Dhoni’ case, filing criminal charges against two activists

ACC requests former Home Minister be charged over prisoner transferred from Sri Lanka

MDP government’s intelligence learned of coup planning, claims report

Security switches on for SAARC

President forms committee to control gang violence in the Maldives