Anas Abdul Sattar

Court throws out lawsuit challenging new call for candidates for local councils

The appellate court threw out the petition by the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party after its lawyer Anas Abdul Sattar failed to turn up to a hearing on Monday.

Court ruling threatens to halve MDP’s membership and state funding

The civil court has ruled against an MDP petition that sought to overturn the retroactive application of a requirement for fingerprinted forms for political party membership, threatening to reduce the party’s membership and state funding by half

MDP denounces ‘arbitrary arrest’ of senior party official

Candidates threaten boycott after judicial interference in JSC lawyer election