The move comes after the police apologised for falsely claiming in court that a case against the opposition lawmaker had not been sent for prosecution.
The criminal court heard closing arguments Tuesday in Jumhooree Party MP Abdulla Riyaz's trial on an obstruction charge raised over his refusal to unlock his mobile...
Contrary to media reports and claims by ruling party lawmakers and ministers, the turnout in the capital was 42 percent and voters turned out in much...
The ruling coalition should learn lessons from the loss in the May 6 local council elections, Yameen said, but contended that an "alternative narrative" could be...
Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim’s lawyers have accused police officers of lying under oath during a remand hearing last week. Police officers told the judge at Wednesday’s...
A 20-year-old man was stabbed Monday night near the Villimalé ferry terminal in the capital Malé. No arrests have been made so far.
A recount of votes from a ballot box on the island of Kuribee in Haa Dhaal atoll has changed the result and averted a second round...
The Attorney General's office has asked the supreme court to determine that the parliament can only dismiss cabinet ministers for committing an impeachable offence.
Female candidates won majorities on island councils for the first time in the Maldives' third municipal elections on May 6.
Faris was stopped at the Velana International Airport's immigration checkpoint Sunday morning after he checked in to fly to Bangalore, India to visit a sick relative.
The Vaadhoo councillor-elect is the first of 101 independent candidates who won seats in the Maldives' third local council elections to join a political party.
The assistant manager of the state-owned powerhouse on the southern island of Thimafarushi in Thaa atoll has been transferred after refusing to resign in the wake...
Shifaq Mufeed 'Histo,' the vice president of the Human Rights Commission of Maldives, resigned from his post on Thursday.
JP leader Gasim Ibrahim was released from police custody on the condition that he refrains from speaking in a manner that sows discord or incites unrest...
The appeal for urgent action was submitted to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and four Special Rapporteurs on the family’s behalf by pro bono...
The conditions for his release include refraining from "holding meetings with people who sow discord and strife in society," speaking in a manner that sows discord...
The three Special Rapporteurs observed that the unsolved murder was "the latest in a series of attacks against journalists and human rights defenders expressing liberal views,"...
