‘Hahdhu’ film touches upon controversial issues in the Maldives

Flogging. Pre-marital sex. Suicide. Maverick film-maker Abdul Faththaah’s latest flick touches on taboo subjects in the Maldives.

Maldives defends death penalty and flogging

CEDAW committee welcomes progress on women’s rights, expresses concern with child marriages, flogging and gender stereotypes

Amnesty calls for moratorium on flogging in Maldives

Supreme Court enacts new regulations on flogging

“Social stigma, religious and social culture” hinder women’s sexual health, says Hope for Women

HRCM members summoned to Juvenile Court again over confidential report

HRCM attends Juvenile Court after summons, agrees to cooperate with enquiry

Corruption, religious freedom, and judiciary biggest human rights problems in Maldives, say US report

Justice “still out of reach” for Maldivian women, girls: Avaaz.org

HRCM claims mandate pushed to limit over 15 year-old’s flogging sentence

Maldives High Court overturns flogging sentence for 15 year-old charged with fornication

Fifteen year-old’s appeal of flogging sentence for fornication stalled in High Court

Haveeru interviews fornication flogger Abdul Khalig

Two-thirds of Maldivians back moratorium on flogging: survey

Comment: Can the World Bank end gender-based violence?

UN Special Representative calls for abolition of degrading and capital punishment against children

Government claims committed to flogging reforms as UK omits Maldives from FCO’s list of human rights “concerns”

President Waheed slams efforts to boycott Maldives tourism over nation’s “shortcomings”

High Court appeal of 15 year-old rape victim’s sentence begins