Maldives
No justice for Maldives journalists
As the world marks the international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists, human rights groups have condemned the gap between the Maldives’ international advocacy on press freedom and its practices at home.
02 Nov 2016, 9:00 AM
Opposition lawmaker’s health deteriorating in jail, family says
Mahloof’s wife claim that the MP’s health is deteriorating in jail has prompted calls for his transfer to house imprisonment for medical care.
01 Nov 2016, 9:00 AM
Gayoom’s lawyer, opposition MP disbarred on contempt charges
The supreme court issued Monday an order disbarring prominent lawyer Husnu Suood and opposition MP Ali Hussein from practising law, pending an investigation into contempt charges.
01 Nov 2016, 9:00 AM
Gasim throws support behind Gayoom
Gasim Ibrahim has thrown his support behind former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, declaring the 78-year-old to be the rightful leader of the divided ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives.
31 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Yameen faction clears out party headquarters, removes nameplate
Yameen’s supporters have cleaned out the PPM headquarters with police’s help, removing computers, documents, and furniture on Friday, and finally stripped the party’s nameplate from its walls on Sunday.
31 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Gayoom-faction condemns Nasheed’s terror conviction
Nasheed’s arrest of a judge during his tenure “was not an act of terrorism,” ex home minister Umar Naseer said, advocating for a lighter sentence of two to three years.
30 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
The full transcript of Gayoom’s speech on withdrawing support for Yameen
Gayoom withdrew support for his brother, Yameen, accusing him of cracking down on dissent and facilitating corruption, and went on to condemn for the first time, the jailing of opposition leaders in his three-year rule
29 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Supreme court rejects Gayoom’s bid to gain control of ruling party
The apex court said it found no “legal basis” to hear Gayoom’s petition, and ruled that the civil court was right to install his half-brother and incumbent president, Abdulla Yameen, as head of the PPM
28 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Gayoom faction forms breakaway group in parliament
Eight ruling coalition MPs have formed a breakaway group in the People’s Majlis in what may be the first credible threat to President Abdulla Yameen’s majority at the parliament
28 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Maldives to pay Indian firm at least US$250m in damages for cancelling airport deal
Indian infrastructure firm, GMR, has won at least US$250million in damages from the Maldivian government for abruptly cancelling a lucrative contract to develop and manage the country’s main airport
28 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Gayoom withdraws support for Yameen
“I have decided to withdraw my support for this government from this moment on, and I will not support this government in the future,” Gayoom said.
28 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Gayoom’s lawyer summoned for criticising the high court
Husnu Suood described his summons to the high court over his criticism of proceedings in the legal battle for the control of the ruling party an “act of intimidation.”
25 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Nearly half of MDP’s members removed from its registry
The elections commission has struck off nearly half of the MDP’s members from its registry after the parliament approved a law requiring all political party members to submit their fingerprint records
25 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
High court rules in favour of Yameen in ruling party leadership row
The civil court was right to seize control from Gayoom due to “extraordinary circumstances” arising from the 78-year-old’s refusal to convene the party’s governing council and sacking of his deputy, the appellate court found.
24 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Gayoom loyalists air grievances against Yameen on Raajje TV
Gayoom’s deputies accused Yameen of authoritarianism and hypocrisy in an unprecedented appearance on Raajje TV, and took a swipe at what they described as his unwillingness to contest presidential primaries for the 2018 polls.
24 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Life under for the life above
Shoko Noda, the UN resident coordinator to the Maldives, calls for the protection of marine life to be made the main focus of the country’s development plan
24 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
“It is very easy to come and talk to me”: President Yameen on PPM split
Read on for excerpts from President Abdulla Yameen’s October 20 speech on the civil war within the ruling party
23 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Courts begins hearing appeal into PPM leadership row
The high court has begun hearing a case that will decide whether the civil court was right to hand over control of the ruling party to President Abdulla Yameen
21 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Opposition appeals to Gayoom to join alliance against Yameen
The Maldives United Opposition has invited former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom to join it after he sought meetings with leaders of the Maldives’ minor parties amid a bitter row within the ruling party.
21 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
Opposition cleric’s licence to preach revoked
Sheikh Ilyas Hussain had his license to preach revoked after he blamed a hike in food prices on government corruption during a sermon on Friday
18 Oct 2016, 9:00 AM
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