Assassination Attempt
Maldives prison treatment of Sri Lankan ‘sniper’ condemned
The Sri Lankan was charged with being part of an assassination attempt on the Maldives president.
01 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
Opposition condemns ‘unfair, politically motivated trials’
The government has meanwhile asserted the independence of the judiciary and insisted that a bomb caused the September 28 blast on the president’s speedboat: “Any suggestion to the contrary is merely scurrilous, and an obvious attempt to besmirch both the judiciary and the government.”
12 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Evidence submitted to prove Adeeb planned to flee after boat blast
A forensic analysis of the former vice president’s mobile phone “shows that Adeeb had used his phone to search online for ways to assassinate the president using chemicals or explosives and that he had searched for ways to flee the country and obtain a visa from another country,” the state prosecutor explained.
28 May 2016, 9:00 AM
Adeeb, five soldiers charged over boat blast
The Prosecutor General’s office filed charges against former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb and five soldiers at the criminal court yesterday over the September 28 blast on the president’s speedboat.
15 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
Adeeb’s military bodyguard arrested in boat blast probe
The police have arrested former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s military bodyguard on suspicion of involvement in the September 28 blast on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat.
19 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
“Miscommunication” delaying release of alleged Sri Lankan sniper
“Local investigators in Malé have repeatedly informed me that they were waiting for the all-clear from the authorities in Colombo on the detained Sri Lankan before moves could be made to release him but there appear to be certain shortcomings,” the suspect’s defence lawyer told Sri Lankan media.
04 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
Police deny clearing former vice president of attempted murder charges
The police have threatened to take legal action against Adeeb’s lawyer Hussain Shameem, who said yesterday that the police have confirmed that the former vice president has been cleared of suspicion over the alleged attempt to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen.
28 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM
Former vice president “cleared” of boat blast allegations
“According to the police, Adeeb is now only accused in the [Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation corruption] case. Apart from questions posed on the first day over the boat blast, no further questions have been put to Ahmed Adeeb in the investigation,” the former vice president’s lawyers said today.
27 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM
I fear for myself and the future of Maldives: former vice president
“In truth, President Yameen and I have been the victims of a despicable conspiracy, launched, I believe, by my political foes in and outside the Cabinet. I believe the speedboat incident was staged, in order to frame me,” writes former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb from prison.
12 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM
Colonel detained over boat blast challenges administrative detention
Colonel Ahmed ‘Papa’ Fayaz’s lawyer has challenged his administrative detention at the military barracks, seeking an order declaring the senior officer’s continuing detention arbitrary and illegal.
10 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM
Maldivian man hospitalized after mugging in Colombo
A Maldivian man who was mugged has been hospitalized with head injuries in Colombo, Sri Lanka. His injuries are not severe, according to the man’s hosts.
18 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
Correcting a wrong with a wrong
After a year of multiple politically motivated trials, domestic and international observers are concerned of continuing due process violations in the Maldives, especially in that of the inquiry against former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb. Correcting a wrong with a wrong will only exacerbate the erosion of rule of law in the country.
10 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
First Lady, injured in boat blast, released from hospital
Maldives First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim was released from hospital on Friday, more than a month after being admitted for injuries to her spine caused by an explosion on the presidential speedboat.
07 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
Lawyer barred from visiting former vice president in jail
Police have barred lawyer of impeached vice president Ahmed Adeeb from prison visits, after the Supreme Court suspended his license to appear in courts. The apex court has since seized the authority to issue law licenses.
07 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
Impeached vice president facing corruption, illegal weapons charges
Impeached Vice President Ahmed Adeeb is now facing prosecution on charges of bribing police officers into divulging state secrets and smuggling weapons, the police have said.
05 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
Supreme Court suspends Vice President’s lawyer
The Supreme Court has suspended detained Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s lawyer, Hussain Shameem, on a charge of contempt of court.
04 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
PPM confident of impeaching vice president without MDP support
The ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives says it is confident of impeaching Vice President Ahmed Adeeb without the main opposition party’s backing.
03 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
A bomb in the heart of Malé
Amidst an escalating struggle for influence at the country’s top leadership, the residents of Malé reacted to the news of Monday’s bomb with skepticism, signaling an unprecedented loss of confidence in the security forces and the government.
03 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
President warns Maldivians to be wary of ‘traitorous plotters’
In his address to the nation on the occasion of Victory Day – celebrated annually on November 3 to commemorate a failed coup attempt in 1988 – Yameen assured the public of efforts to ensure security after a weapons cache, including firearms and explosives, was discovered submerged in the lagoon of an uninhabited island leased for resort development.
03 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
Maldives downplays FBI findings on boat blast
Although the FBI had found no evidence of an explosive on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat, the government insisted that analysis by Sri Lankans and Saudis, and evidence gathered by Maldives security forces provide enough proof of a bomb plot.
01 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
