Maldives News
57-year-old dies in Malé remand centre
A 57-year-old man held in pre-trial detention at a remand centre in Malé died on Tuesday morning in the second custodial death in less than a month.
14 Sep 2016, 09:00
Jihadi literature distributed after Eid prayer
A group of men with their faces covered reportedly handed out a two-page letter to prayer-goers urging Maldivians to wage jihad. According to the letter, its contents were sourced from Bilad Al Sham, a jihadi media group operated by Maldivians fighting in Syria with the al-Nusra Front.
14 Sep 2016, 09:00
Committee to Protect Journalists condemns raid of Maldives Independent office
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 Maldives Independent editor Zaheena Rasheed that she can return home without fear of persecution.”
13 Sep 2016, 09:00
Transparency calls for ‘broad investigation’ after corruption exposé
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 and criminal activity at the highest level of government.
13 Sep 2016, 09:00
‘Let me know if you need a lawyer’
Omkar Khandekar recounts the police raid on the Maldives Independent’s office in the wake of the much-anticipated release of Al Jazeera’s corruption exposé Stealing Paradise.
13 Sep 2016, 09:00
Gayoom denies demanding US$100k from Nasheed as ‘goodwill’ gesture
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 oust his embattled half-brother.
08 Sep 2016, 09:00
Two men detained over ‘coup plot’ released without charges
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.
08 Sep 2016, 09:00
Al Jazeera corruption exposé dismissed as ‘defamatory and biased’
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 to oust President Abdulla Yameen.
08 Sep 2016, 09:00
Opposition activist arrested over tweet released with conditions
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 month and seven days at the police detention centre on the island of Dhoonidhoo.
08 Sep 2016, 09:00
Opposition condemns ‘desperate’ smear campaign against Al Jazeera
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 government on the defensive”
07 Sep 2016, 09:00
Immigration revokes Nasheed and Jameel’s passports
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 to stay or reside overseas using a Maldivian passport, the department said in a press statement this afternoon.
07 Sep 2016, 09:00
Police raid Maldives Independent office over ‘coup plot’
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 Jazeera corruption exposé was released on YouTube.
07 Sep 2016, 09:00
Gayoom vows to uphold constitution as Nasheed speaks of new alliance
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 country’s current leader, Abdulla Yameen
07 Sep 2016, 09:00
SOF leaks whistleblower should be ‘praised, not punished’
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 to the Maldives’ biggest ever corruption scandal
06 Sep 2016, 09:00
Ex-minister labels his detention on cash smuggling charge ‘harassment’
Former Islamic Minister Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari was briefly detained Sunday at Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike Airport for carrying large sums of cash in his handbag.
06 Sep 2016, 09:00
Police hunt suspect who defaced billboard of president
The police have declared a hunt for a man who defaced a giant billboard of President Abdulla Yameen at the artificial beach in Malé
06 Sep 2016, 09:00
Q&A: Fisheries minister takes questions on Maldives crisis
Mohamed Shainee speaks about the Maldives United Opposition, rifts within the ruling party, talk of the transition of government and how President Abdulla Yameen keeps his cabinet together: by sending the message, ‘Whatever you do, you can’t get away with this.
05 Sep 2016, 09:00
Raajje TV in court over libel lawsuit
Yazeed Mohamed, the commissioner general of taxation, sued Raajje TV over a July 30 article accusing him of tax fraud
04 Sep 2016, 09:00
Smear tactics and a death threat as anticipation builds over Al Jazeera corruption exposé
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 smear campaign, including hate-filled tweets and a death threat, against the film’s producer
04 Sep 2016, 09:00
Immigration officers sacked for refusing to trim beards
Several immigration officers have been sacked for refusing on religious grounds to trim their beards and lower the hem of their trousers below the ankles. Notices were handed on Thursday to officers who refused to comply with the uniform code before a deadline lapsed last week.
04 Sep 2016, 09:00
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