The New York-based press freedom organisation also called on the government to "immediately stop all attempts to intimidate the press, and send a clear message to...
Anti-corruption NGO Transparency Maldives has called for a broad and independent investigation into allegations raised in an Al Jazeera exposé about systemic corruption, abuse of power...
Three members of Maldivian Democratic Party’s national council have been detained on charges of rioting and attempting to overthrow the government. Mohamed ‘Waddey’ Waheed, Ahmed Easa...
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has denied demanding US$100,000 from his longtime rival and successor as a "goodwill" gesture for negotiations on forming an alliance to...
Ibrahim Shahiban Ahmed and Mohamed Shamin Ali, who work for various environmental NGOs, were detained during a raid of the building that houses the Maldives Independent.
The government has dismissed an explosive Al Jazeera corruption exposé aired on Wednesday as defamatory and biased, accusing the Qatari broadcaster of advancing the opposition's agenda...
Shammoon 'Lucas' Jaleel was arrested on June 29 over a tweet in which he likened police officers to a streak of tigers. The 27-year-old spent one...
The police have raided the Maldives Independent office in Malé with a court warrant over an alleged coup plot, hours after an highly-anticipated and explosive Al...
Maldivian citizens who are instructed to return to the country either in connection with a court judgment or an ongoing investigation do not have the right...
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has vowed to uphold the Maldives constitution after the opposition leader spoke of an alliance between the pair to oust the...
The opposition has condemned a campaign launched by President Abdulla Yameen’s administration to discredit an upcoming corruption exposé by Al Jazeera as “desperate moves by a...
Transparency International and its local chapter have called on the prosecutor general to dismiss charges against a senior bank official on trial for leaking documents related...
The release of teaser trailers for Al Jazeera’s long awaited corruption expose, 'Stealing Paradise,' has sparked a frenzy of anticipation in the Maldives and intensified a...
A law firm mounted Sunday a challenge to President Abdulla Yameen's defamation law, asking the high court to strike down key provisions on the grounds that...
In an article published on its website last night, PSM said the 'Stealing Paradise' documentary was made in collaboration with the opposition by "a foreigner and...
MP Riyaz Rasheed slammed Sri Lanka for harbouring "coup plotters," warning the neighbouring country against interfering in domestic affairs of the Maldives.
The raid on Nasheed's family residence came hours after an ex opposition lawmaker's phone was confiscated over charges of involvement in a plot to oust Yameen.
