Former President Mohamed Nasheed has been granted asylum in the United Kingdom. The opposition leader was granted "political refugee status" by the British government on Thursday,...
Lawyers representing a senior bank official, detained for leaking documents related to the Maldives’ biggest ever corruption scandal, are seeking his release under laws that offer...
The civil court rejected Sunday a lawsuit filed by three May Day protesters against the criminal court's "unreasonable" delays in delivering a verdict five months after...
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...
Riot police officers on Friday arrested a man from the opposition's weekly prayer gathering outside the Islamic Centre on a charge of disobeying orders. Maumoon Sulaiman,...
The ex-defence minister's lawyer Husnu Suood told the press that the Supreme Court will be asked to hear testimony from an eyewitness who saw a police...
The State Trading Organisation dismissed Ashraf Ali, then-general manager of the administrative department, on December 4, 2013 after the company's board decided to dissolve his department...
The housing ministry is removing posters and banners from Malé’s public spaces, in a bid to “ensure public safety and well-being, and keeping parks, streets and...
The Maldives opposition has slammed the government's decision to sever its 40-year-old diplomatic ties with Iran as "irrational adventurism" that may destabilise the Indian Ocean.
The foreign ministry said Iran pursues policies that are “detrimental to peace and security in the region which in many ways, is also linked to stability,...
Lawyers representing three men detained on charges of assaulting a police officer on May Day last year have sued the Maldivian state over the criminal court’s...
A second hearing in Raajje TV journalist Hussain Fiyaz Moosa’s assault trial was cancelled today, reportedly because state prosecutors are revising charges against him.
Yameen hit back at Gayoom who had said that he was impressed by a group of young people he had met who did not “believe the...
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...
A man arrested Friday for surfing at Malés surf point was denied access to a lawyer based on a new regulation that bars detainees from legal...
A group of Maldivian journalists retraced Friday the final known footsteps of their abducted colleague, Ahmed Rilwan, in protest against the government’s response to a UN...
The Maldives’ embattled judiciary, which has long-resisted calls for reform, has launched a series of workshops, emphasizing access to justice, improving efficiency and skills, and administrative...
