Maldives News
Nasheed ordered to repay ‘misused’ money
Nasheed and six senior officials of his administration have been ordered to repay government funds they had “misused,” the finance ministry has said
27 Aug 2016, 09:00
Political parties given deadline to re-register members under new fingerprint law
Political party members whose fingerprints are not on file at the elections commission have until October 11 to submit their records under a new law
27 Aug 2016, 09:00
Paradise with hell’s furore
Mushfique Mohamed writes on how the Maldives’ government uses postcolonial rhetoric to justify subjugation and economic exploitation
27 Aug 2016, 09:00
Opposition leaders’ arrival in Sri Lanka fuels speculation of Yameen’s ouster
The leaders of the Maldives United Opposition have travelled to Sri Lanka after several months of exile in the United Kingdom, fuelling growing speculation of President Abdulla Yameen’s imminent ouster.
25 Aug 2016, 09:00
Watchdog reacts furiously to Commonwealth plan for judicial reform
The JSC says it was not consulted on the Commonwealth’s plan to hire a lawyer to assist in reforming the commission and the judiciary
25 Aug 2016, 09:00
Maldives to subject foreign press to background checks
Foreign journalists and photographers are now required to share details of their work, travel histories, education, bank account and criminal records, if any, before their arrival
25 Aug 2016, 09:00
Adeeb calls fresh terror trial a “big joke”
Adeeb labeled the trial a farce when a judge overruled his concerns of procedural irregularities
25 Aug 2016, 09:00
High court hears challenge to work ban on ex Haveeru staff
The civil court ruling, which prohibits all former Haveeru employees from working at any other news outlet for two years, is unconstitutional and will amount to forced labour, attorneys said
24 Aug 2016, 09:00
How the defamation law has changed Maldives’ media landscape
The new defamation law has forced newsrooms across the Maldives to practice self censorship, use broadcasting delays and control what is said by politicians on talk shows
24 Aug 2016, 09:00
Four soldiers fired and placed under investigation
Four of the eight soldiers arrested earlier this month on charges of conspiring to oust the Yameen administration have been dismissed and placed under investigation
23 Aug 2016, 09:00
Gayoom’s daughter in Twitter campaign to save Malé’s heritage
Since her first tweet on August 15, Yumna, niece to President Yameen, has criticised her uncle’s plans to relocate an 18th century coral stone mosque to a southern atoll and alleged that a 17th century minaret may be relocated for road expansion.
23 Aug 2016, 09:00
Yameen is worried by dissent from PPM MPs
Yameen discussed taking action against ruling party MPs who voted against government-sponsored legislation in a three-hour meeting on Sunday.
22 Aug 2016, 09:00
PPM MP threatens to sue Al-Jazeera over corruption expose
A ruling party MP threatened to sue al-Jazeera last night over an upcoming documentary about alleged corruption and abuse of power by President Abdulla Yameen that has put the government on the defensive.
22 Aug 2016, 09:00
Jailed MP Mahloof petitions UN rights panel
Mahloof’s petition is the fourth from a high-profile Maldivian politician to come before the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention since early 2015. In September, the specialised UN agency ruled that former President Mohamed Nasheed’s conviction on a terrorism charge was politically motivated.
22 Aug 2016, 09:00
Gayoom praises PPM MPs for rejecting ‘unconstitutional’ bills
Gayoom, who heads the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives, said the lawmakers who voted against the party’s whip line did so “in line with the ruling party’s principles and objectives”.
21 Aug 2016, 09:00
How can a sitting president be legally removed in the Maldives?
With Malé rife with rumours of the president’s ouster, we take a look at the constitutional avenues and key players involved in removing a sitting president
21 Aug 2016, 09:00
Maldives to tax migrant workers
The parliament approved Wednesday a new bill imposing a tax of three percent on remittances sent abroad by the Maldives’ expatriate labour force.
18 Aug 2016, 09:00
Yameen in Singapore on unannounced visit
President Abdulla Yameen left the Maldives for Singapore on an unannounced visit on Tuesday, just a day after his deputy left the country on an official visit to Malaysia.
18 Aug 2016, 09:00
MPs vote to restrict right to protest
MPs have passed a controversial bill restricting protests and gatherings to areas designated by the home ministry in the capital Malé City. Written permission is required from the police to gather anywhere else.
17 Aug 2016, 09:00
Ex-minister appointed as ambassador to Japan
Former minister of Presidential Affairs Mohamed Hussain ‘Mundhu’ Shareef has been appointed to head the Maldives’ diplomatic mission in Japan.
17 Aug 2016, 09:00
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