Maldives
Majlis to resume with amendments proposed for terror law
The People’s Majlis will reconvene tomorrow after a week-long pause with ruling party MPs set to propose amendments to the new anti-terror law.
21 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
UN political chief assures support for ‘dead on arrival’ talks
Senior UN political official Miroslav Jenča has assured President Abdulla Yameen of UN assistance for all-party talks announced amidst continuing international concern over human rights in the Maldives. The talks however appear dead on arrival with the government and the opposition at loggerheads over the release of opposition politicians.
21 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Police fail to catch suspects in Malé whiskey rampage
Police officers failed to catch a group who hurled some 15 bottles of whiskey onto the streets of Malé last night but managed to seize their car after a chase.
21 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
British MPs’ defence of Maldives regime stirs controversy
Three British MPs who defended President Abdulla Yameen’s regime against calls for sanctions during a government-sponsored visit to the Maldives have been accused of “deliberate manipulation of facts” by the opposition.
20 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Judge requests criminal inquiry over photo
Abdul Bari Yoosuf, a controversial judge involved in the jailing of four high-profile opposition politicians, has requested a criminal inquiry against a man who allegedly threatened the judge by taking a photo “without consent.”
20 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Man arrested over luxury resort safe burglary
A 19-year old man was arrested on Friday on suspicion of links to a burglary on luxury resort Gasfinolhu operated by international chain Club Med.
20 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Thousands gather for Nasheed and Jameel’s message from London
Once bitter rivals, former President Mohamed Nasheed and former Vice President Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed appeared tonight side-by-side in a video message broadcast from London, urging Maldivians to unite against President Abdulla Yameen’s alleged corruption.
05 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Police block anti-corruption walk
Dozens of riot police officers have set up barricades on all roads leading to Malé’s Artificial Beach today in an attempt to block a walk organized by the opposition in protest over what watchdog bodies have called the Maldives’ biggest ever corruption scandal.
05 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Translation of President Yameen’s 2016 presidential address
President Abdulla Yameen’s 2016 presidential address at the People’s Majlis opening touched on sovereignty, judicial reform, and the government’s achievements in health care, education, and infrastructure projects.
04 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
MDP claims evidence of Maldives government involvement in terrorism financing
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party claims it has damning evidence of government involvement in terrorism financing, money laundering, and bribery.
04 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Police ban Maldives anti-corruption walk
The police have banned Friday’s anti-corruption walk organized by the Maldivian Democratic Party, citing concerns over clashes in the past and ongoing construction on a bridge and artificial beach project in Malé.
04 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Opposition boycotts People’s Majlis opening
MPs of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party did not attend today’s inaugural session of the People’s Majlis, in protest over a controversial change of venue.
04 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Indian health expo in Malé to feature leading hospitals
The High Commission of India is hosting next week a health expo featuring some 20 leading multi speciality hospitals and a free medical camp at the state-owned Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital.
04 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Adeeb pledges support for the opposition
Detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has pledged support to the opposition just days after his predecessor, Vice President Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, formally joined the opposition coalition.
04 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Jameel highlights reform record in message of thanks
Former Vice President Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed highlighted his past record of protecting Islam and upholding the rule of law in a message of thanks addressed to opposition supporters.
03 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Change of venue for state opening of People’s Majlis
The People’s Majlis is set to reconvene on Thursday at the Dharubaaruge multi purpose hall instead of the parliament house because of a minor fire that damaged its air conditioning system.
03 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Commonwealth diplomats, EU MEPs to visit Maldives next week
The government, which has received fierce criticism in the past year over the jailing of opposition leaders including former President Mohamed Nasheed, is hoping the high-level visits would clarify misunderstandings over human rights and democracy in the Maldives, Foreign Miniter Dunya Maumoon said.
03 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Nasheed’s terrorism appeal begins at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court began reviewing an appeal filed by the state over a controversial 13-year terror sentence against former President Mohamed Nasheed that was criticised by a UN human rights panel as illegal and politically motivated.
03 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Government accused of negligence over inmate’s death
The family of an inmate who died at the state-owned hospital on Sunday has accused the Maldives Correctional Services of negligence by failing to provide prompt care for liver and kidney failure.
03 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Non-lethal bullets discovered on uninhabited island
The police are conducting a search of a recently uninhabited island in the Maldives’ remote north after a group of boys discovered boxes of non-lethal bullets in an old water well.
02 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
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