Jailed former President Mohamed Nasheed's international lawyers Jared Genser and Amal Clooney met with US Senator John McCain yesterday as their campaign seeking targeted sanctions to...
President Abdulla Yameen's repressive rule, "blind-eye" to religious extremism, and pervasive human rights abuses, which include the jailing of former President Mohamed Nasheed, "constitute an extraordinary...
A second hearing in graft charges against Abdulla Ziyath, a tourism official and close associate of former vice president Ahmed Adeeb, was cancelled today because the...
President Abdulla Yameen made four new ministerial appointments today. Former Attorney General Azima Shakoor was appointed as minister of legal affairs at the president’s office.
The civil court has thrown out a petition by former President Mohamed Nasheed requesting his immediate release in line with a UN human rights panel ruling....
Sportswomen have alleged discrimination in a government decision to reduce the number of sports teams competing at the upcoming South Asian games in India. Of the...
The pair are accused of illegally "recruiting" migrant workers to bring to the Maldives. They were apprehended yesterday from Addu City and Vilimalé in joint operations...
The Prosecutor General's office has meanwhile filed money laundering charges against Hamid Ismail - an influential businessman related to detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb -...
“We are trying to process the forms sent in December by the end of January. We will be deregistering any membership form without fingerprints after that,”...
After accompanying a witness to the police headquarters last night, Mahfooz Saeed from Nasheed's legal team told the press that the police have assured lawyers the...
The police have also forwarded money laundering charges against Hamid Ismail, an influential businessman related to Adeeb. According to the police, acquisition fees paid to the...
Ali Shaheem, vice president of the Komandoo island council, told The Maldives Independent that the swells have been continuing since 2:00am. One house was inundated by...
The MDP said in a statement on Thursday that it is aiming to re-register more than 23,000 -nearly half of its 48,000 members - before the...
Ahmed Rilwan's family and friends delivered 500 origami cranes, which represent peace and happiness, to President Abdulla Yameen urging him to expedite the investigation into the...
President Abdulla Yameen’s threats against striking civil servants has enraged human rights advocates and opposition parties, with some describing the warning as high-handed and yet another...
After appealing former President Mohamed Nasheed's 13-year sentence at the Supreme Court this week, the opposition leader's lawyers are now petitioning the lower courts to secure...
'Street Harassment: The Daily Menace' by Hulhevi Media - uploaded to YouTube on Friday - shows women telling stories of facing harassment on a daily basis,...
