Abdulla Algeen was accused of embezzling US$177,460 of Japanese funding from the Department of Meteorology while he was its director, but the High Court ruled that...
A moratorium on street protests was part of a deal made with the government in exchange for the release of political prisoners. The MDP withdrew from...
Following a preliminary hearing held yesterday to decide whether to proceed with the appeal, the three-judge panel ruled unanimously that it could not accept the case...
Former President Mohamed Nasheed's high-profile international lawyers Amal Clooney and Jared Genser have alleged that the government spied on their meeting with the opposition leader at...
At a preliminary hearing to determine if the high court should accept the state's appeal of terrorism conviction against Nasheed, prosecutors said the state is seeking...
Speaking to reporters upon arriving at the international airport this afternoon, Genser expressed confidence that the UN working group will issue a ruling in October declaring...
The former president had requested requesting the court to send him the case documents and to provide sufficient time to review the PG’s appeal with his...
Hussain Humam, who was found guilty in January 2013, had appealed his conviction at the appellate court. The five-judge panel at the High Court ruled unanimously...
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has responded furiously to President Abdulla Yameen calling imprisoned former President Mohamed Nasheed “the most autocratic or dictatorial leader in...
Gayoom had declined a previous invitation to inaugurate the first round of the symposium on Thursday night, fuelling speculation of a deepening rift between the Gayoom...
"It is not right for a person to suffer such physical harm because of what he said or did. Such crimes should be stopped in the...
"This vicious attack must not go unpunished – Maldives authorities must ensure that human rights defenders can work free from fear of reprisals and that those...
After Gayoom declined an invitation to inaugurate a symposium to launch Yameen's re-election campaign on Thursday night, a pro-government media outlet leaked conversations with PPM MPs...
A circular issued by the apex court and signed by Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed yesterday stated that a mechanism for "continuous judicial education" is needed to...
Arrivals from China declined last month by 4 percent compared to July 2014. However, Total arrivals from January to July rose 1.7 percent compared to the...
The parliament passéd today three different bills on sports, disasters, oversight of law enforcement agencies, and amendments to the penal code
Amendments brought to the new penal code today state that the Supreme Court must pass a final sentence before convicts found guilty of offences for which...
