April 23 2018 will mark a year since blogger and satirist Yameen Rasheed was murdered. The Maldives Independent is re-publishing some of his work to commemorate...
There have been six preliminary hearings in the Yameen Rasheed murder trial. All six have been held behind closed doors.
April 23 2018 will mark a year since blogger and satirist Yameen Rasheed was murdered. The Maldives Independent is re-publishing some of his work to commemorate...
Police arrested eight people in relation to Yameen Rasheed's murder. Six were charged.
Yameen Rasheed was a popular blogger and IT professional. He would have been 30 this month.
Relations between the Maldives and India have sunk to new lows -- and remain on a downward trajectory -- since President Abdulla Yameen was sworn into...
The Islamic affairs ministry has published a paper about issues related to religious freedom, mocking religion, going to war in the name of religion, committing murder...
Aminath Shareehan Ibrahim launched a startup in the Maldives, creating products based around the Dhivehi language.
Ibthihaal Mohamed was physically and psychologically harmed by different individuals on different occasions, for a long period of time, a high-ranking police officer said.
The IMF and World Bank say major building projects have the capacity to transform the Maldivian economy, but are concerned about the high debt being fuelled...
The Maldivian population is 338,434, almost 40 percent of which lives in a congested capital that measures 2.2 square miles.
The incarceration of the former president and strongman, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, has provoked mixed emotions among Maldivians.
Extracts of President Yameen's speech on February 27 in which he railed against "traitors" in the judiciary and police who plotted with opposition leaders to remove...
"That night of 1 February was an attempt to bring my government down to its knees," said President Abdulla Yameen of a Supreme Court ruling ordering...
The young people interviewed for this article did not feel represented by any one politician or party and none of them have connections to the country's...
President Abdulla Yameen claims the Supreme Court is at the centre of what his supporters have called a “judicial coup” to overthrow the government. He says...
President Abdulla Yameen claims the Supreme Court is at the centre of what his supporters have called a “judicial coup” to overthrow the government.
