Despite the withdrawal of the permit, the MDP has said the first rally of the new opposition coalition will go ahead as planned tonight. Maldives United...
Contrary to reports in local media, the UN Human Rights Committee has not "ordered" the government to halt the imminent execution of a 22-year-old convict, newly-appointed...
The UN Human Rights Committee has requested the government to halt the imminent execution of Hussain Humam Ahmed pending the outcome of its review of his...
The main opposition party has condemned the "unlawful obstruction" of its anniversary parade as well as the "unnecessary harassment and intimidation of the participants."
The civil court has threatened to hold Attorney General Mohamed Anil in contempt after his office decided to appeal a judgment that barred former Haveeru staff...
Dr Shaheem, the vice chancellor of the Maldives Islamic University, argued that the concerns raised by Professor Tariq Ramadan in a letter to the president last...
At a meeting last Thursday, senior police officers informed MDP officials that political activity will not be allowed in the streets of the capital, citing complaints...
The state believes a civil court order barring former Haveeru staff from working at any other media organisation for two years is unconstitutional, unlawful, invalid, and...
Riot police also thwarted on Wednesday morning a prayer gathering by opposition supporters outside the Islamic centre in Malé after the communal Eid al-Fitr prayer.
If the dispute with his half-brother former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is not resolved, Yameen said the increasingly acrimonious PPM split "will be a big Eid...
Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon has resigned his afternoon, citing opposition to the government's plans to implement the death penalty.
The civil court reprimanded the AG for saying that a much-derided order barring former staff of newspaper Haveeru from working for any other media organisation is...
"We will jobless for the next two years. This is an absolute violation of our fundamental rights, our right to work anywhere we want. This is...
Tourist arrivals fell by -2.3 percent in May compared to the same period last year on the back of a steep decline in Chinese visitors.
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has also opposed Humam's execution without the consent of the victim's family. "No Islamic state has the right to carry out...
In a televised statement Thursday night, Gayoom accused PPM MPs of defying his instructions, working against the party's founding principles, and facilitating corruption. The PPM leader...
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has been accused of "hijacking" the Progressive Party of Maldives as a power struggle with his half-brother President Abdulla Yameen for...
