The criminal court has postponed the sentencing of four young men charged in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Mohamed Aruham in May 2012.
Inthif Rauf was arrested on October 30 after the police discovered a gun during a raid of his home in Malé. The criminal court, however, ruled...
The High Court released this morning a magistrate arrested from the southern island of Thinadhoo in Gaaf Dhaal atoll Saturday night on a charge of drug...
At least 71 people were hospitalised on February 8, 2012 after a heavy-handed police crackdown, described by the human rights watchdog as “brutal” and “without warning.”...
A 41-year-old man injured early march in an assault at the local market in Malé passed away on Wednesday afternoon.
The trial of three suspects charged in connection with the near-fatal stabbing of Mahfooz Saeed, a member of former President Mohamed Nasheed's legal team, began at...
Prosecutors are seeking terror charges against three Maldivian men who were arrested on the Turkey-Syria border in February. The three are the first to face prosecution...
Prosecutors once again failed to produce witnesses in a terror trial against former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, accused of carrying a pistol on May Day last...
Lawyers representing former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb named today 13 witnesses to speak in his defence over charges of abuse of authority relating to a blast...
The high court has found a man guilty for the 2012 murder of Ali ‘Tholhi Pele’ Shifan, after overturning a criminal court acquittal. Two others charged...
Responding to the UN, the Maldivian foreign ministry said the government “rejected any suggestion that it is responsible for the disappearance of Rilwan, or that it...
The high court overturned today a murder conviction against Fariyash Ahmed, who was serving a life sentence over a killing in 2006. The 28-year-old had escaped...
The high court has upheld today the death sentence of a young woman convicted of killing a prominent lawyer, despite her lawyer insisting the death penalty...
The Maldives police have arrested five people over the death of a young man some 16 months ago. At the time, the police had labelled Mohamed...
Maldivian judges have pledged their support to end human trafficking, agreeing to hold awareness sessions with contractors and use a special logo on all construction bid...
The UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances has summoned the Maldivian government for a response to the disappearance of The Maldives Independent’s journalist Ahmed...
A young man found unconscious with injuries near the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Malé on Thursday morning has died while undergoing treatment.
