Maldives News
Lawmakers set to lose seats – again – after Supreme Court ruling
It is not clear if or when there will be by-elections for the soon-to-be vacated seats.
24 Apr 2018, 09:00
High Court overturns MP Riyaz’s acquittal
The Jumhooree Party deputy leader was charged with obstruction of law enforcement over his refusal to unlock his iPhone. He has been sentenced to nearly five months in prison.
24 Apr 2018, 09:00
Family and friends of slain blogger march for open trial
Family and friends of slain activist Yameen Rasheed marched in Malé, commemorating one year since the killing and calling on authorities to open the murder trial to the media and public.
24 Apr 2018, 09:00
Mahloof on trial over ‘false reporting’ tweet
Independent MP Ahmed Mahloof pleaded not guilty to charges of false reporting to law enforcement over a tweet alleging culpability by the authorities over custodial deaths.
23 Apr 2018, 09:00
Openly killed, secretly charged: Yameen Rasheed’s murder one year on
Hussein Rasheed saw his son’s throat had been slashed and that part of his skull was missing. He counted more than 30 deep wounds on his son’s chest, face and head.
23 Apr 2018, 09:00
Witness testimony continues in Rilwan abduction trial
A prosecution witness, whose voice was altered for anonymity, told the court he had heard screams near journalist Ahmed Rilwan’s apartment the night he was abducted.
23 Apr 2018, 09:00
Policeman stabbed in capital
It is unclear if the policeman was on duty at the time of the attack.
23 Apr 2018, 09:00
Courtroom confusion after judge change in chief justice trial
The judge said he didn’t know there had been an earlier hearing or that another judge had presided over the case.
23 Apr 2018, 09:00
Islamist NGO to give food aid to poor during Ramadan
This year’s Ramadan is expected to begin mid-May after the sighting of the new moon as per the Islamic lunar calendar.
22 Apr 2018, 09:00
Search continues for two missing teens
Teams found a t-shirt belonging to one the boys, but the police and MNDF declined to comment on the discovery.
22 Apr 2018, 09:00
Met Service issues white alert
Heavy rains and thunderstorms are also expected in the southern atolls, with moderate showers in other regions.
22 Apr 2018, 09:00
Hot and bothered: Government under fire after ‘indecent’ beauty pageant
The criticism comes as top government figures are keen to stress the country’s Islamic purity and identity ahead of presidential elections.
22 Apr 2018, 09:00
Human rights in Maldives imperilled by ‘deterioration of democracy’
A reversal of democratic gains, restriction of rights and impunity for abuses by the security forces are the chief human rights concerns of the US State Department’s 2017 country report on the Maldives.
22 Apr 2018, 09:00
Second secret trial held for detained judges
The judges have yet to respond to the charge, but their arrests have been condemned as politically motivated.
22 Apr 2018, 09:00
Yameen Rasheed: The Rilwan Story
“I remember the exact moment when I first saw Ahmed Rilwan,” Yameen Rasheed wrote. “It was late 2009, and I had just arrived in the Maldives.”
22 Apr 2018, 09:00
Thousands join Malé clean-up event
Volunteers from government offices, independent bodies and state-owned companies, as well as schools and private groups, collected 70 tonnes of waste.
21 Apr 2018, 09:00
Two dead in speedboat accident
A Maldivian captain and Bangladeshi crewmember died in a speedboat accident Thursday night when the Ithaafushi 3 and Ithaafushi 5 speedboats from the eponymous resort collided six miles west of the island of Gulhi in Malé atoll.
21 Apr 2018, 09:00
Political backlash to EU calls for religious freedom
Calls by the European Union to remove a constitutional requirement for all Maldivian citizens to be Muslims have added fuel to a resurgence of religious political rhetoric.
21 Apr 2018, 09:00
Yameen Rasheed: Selected works
April 23 2018 will mark a year since blogger and satirist Yameen Rasheed was murdered. The Maldives Independent is re-publishing some of his work to commemorate what he stood for.
21 Apr 2018, 09:00
Yameen Rasheed: Timeline of a murder
There have been six preliminary hearings in the Yameen Rasheed murder trial. All six have been held behind closed doors.
20 Apr 2018, 09:00
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