The judicial watchdog has appointed a public prosecutor involved in the prosecution of high-profile politicians and a former court registrar to the criminal court.
The journalists were not allowed to march as closing down the capital's main thoroughfare would have caused traffic jams and posed difficulties to pedestrians and businesses,...
Expressing "profound disappointment" with the bipartisan resolution, which was passed unanimously on Thursday, the government has defended the opposition leader's conviction on a terrorism charge and...
The government has refused to extend former President Mohamed Nasheed’s medical leave in the United Kingdom, and ordered him to return to the Maldives to serve...
President Abdulla Yameen is scheduled to make an official visit to India ahead of a crucial Commonwealth summit. He is due to call on Indian Prime...
Ahmed Nazim, a former MP with the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives who was allowed to travel to Singapore on medical-leave from prison, has left...
The unprecedented prosecution of three journalists comes amidst a campaign launched by the Maldivian media against a government crackdown on press freedom in the country.
Two former attorneys general, a minister at the president's office, and the former Islamic affairs minister have been under secret police surveillance for nearly a year...
Shortly after the amendments to withdraw privileges and state benefits were passed at today's sitting of parliament, the opposition leader tweeted: “I have always believed that...
Speaking to reporters after a meeting Tuesday afternoon with the Maldives Media Council, the parliamentary group leader of the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives said the...
A judge detained over a “forged” warrant to arrest President Abdulla Yameen in connection with the Maldives’ biggest corruption scandal pleaded not guilty to a corruption...
Hamid's lawyer Husnu Suood told The Maldives Independent that the four surveillance cameras in the cell and one in the cell toilet represents a "serious human...
Maldivians reacted with despair as the country's oldest newspaper remained closed for a third day amidst a bitter ownership battle. “Three days without Haveeru is like...
The criminal court blocked reporters from observing proceedings in a graft trial against former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb and his associates today citing a lack of...
Deputy Education Minister Yumna Maumoon, daughter of former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, has resigned last week, local media reports. It is not clear why Yumna, who...
While international human rights and press freedom organisations have condemned the mass arrests as symptomatic of declining press freedom in the Maldives, the Human Rights Commission...
Pro-government MPs say having more than one deputy prosecutor general will ensure that the criminal justice system will function in the absence of a PG. But...
