President Abdulla Yameen has a powerful motivation to keep opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed in jail - he threatened the financial interests of the powerful cartel of...
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...
Achieving global goals or the SDGs by 2030 is only possible if private sector does its fair share, writes Ms. Shoko Noda, the UN Resident Coordinator,...
The decision contravenes provisions that emphasize non-discrimination, equality, human dignity and fair trial rights in the constitution and international human rights conventions that the Maldives is...
The cause of an explosion on President Abdulla Yameen's speedboat remains unclear, but here are the important details of the inquiry, which has seen the arrest...
While it is unsurprising that the Government of the Maldives wishes to have a fact-free conversation about the rapidly deteriorating human-rights situation in the country, the...
While the opinion of the WGAD is a helpful international contribution, it is the Supreme Court that ought, in accordance with the rule of law, have...
After months of street protests, hundreds of arrests, and failed talks, the opposition and civil society groups hope a UN opinion on Nasheed's imprisonment will provide...
Spending on the health of women and young people should be considered 'investments', because it accrues long-term rights and dividends, to the economy and to society,...
The case of the former President Mohamed Naseed is in danger of being manipulated for purely political ends. It is therefore important that we remind ourselves...
The Maldivian police, who have pledged to protect and serve us, have failed us. Stabbings, killings, death threats, and destruction of property are now common in...
The stabbing of lawyer Mahfooz Saeed on Friday cannot be easily dismissed as gang violence, an attempted robbery, or an assault by drug addicts, writes Hassan...
Why is the international community reluctant to let go of the ‘democracy’ label for the Maldives? Does it arise from a fear of acknowledging defeat, or...
Whether the video message threatening to kill the president and harm tourism is authentic or a hoax, it does a lot of harm for the Maldives'...
In Malé, anger at the government is palpable, so is frustration and a certain amount of despair. At a loss as to what to do, many...
A few hours of heavy rain in Malé City on Monday morning inundated streets, snarled traffic, flooded the main hospital and caused a roof to cave...
President Yameen and his cabinet tout Singapore as a development model for the Maldives. They admire its combination of prosperity and one-party rule. But if they...
