Nasheed


Tuesday roundup: anti-corruption watchdog probes compensation payouts
A roundup of the day’s top stories.
15 Oct 2019, 9:00 AM


Coalition leaders exchange barbs as campaign enters final stretch
Millionaire lawmakers won’t accept bribes, JP leader Gasim suggested.
24 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM


On campaign trail, President Solih appeals for MDP majority
The second MDP government will “show the difference” with a parliament majority, he said.
10 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM


Nasheed calls for interim leader in 2018
An interim government should reform the judiciary and pave the way for free and fair elections, the exiled opposition leader said.
22 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM


Ambassador to Sri Lanka stands by threat to detain Nasheed
The ambassador-designate’s remarks prompted the opposition leader’s high-profile counsel Amal Clooney to warn that “any attempt by a Maldivian diplomat to detain President Nasheed in Sri Lanka would constitute a violation of international law as well as Sri Lankan criminal law.”
18 Sep 2017, 9:00 AM


Government behind Nasheed’s verdict, Adeeb tells Supreme Court
Adeeb alleged that Nasheed was prosecuted because he was leading a political campaign to free former Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim.
16 Jul 2017, 9:00 AM


Ministers on media offensive as defecting lawmakers declare stand
“The opposition has mounted several such political challenges in the past, which the administration is confident of weathering once again,” the president’s spokesman Ibrahim Hussain Shihab told Reuters.
05 Jul 2017, 9:00 AM


‘No doubt’ of opposition parliamentary majority, Nasheed claims
“Our goal is to bring an end to President Yameen’s rule. I urge all party members to dedicate your time to the efforts to remove President Yameen from power,” the opposition leader said in a statement released Monday on the occasion of his Maldivian Democratic Party’s 12th anniversary.
26 Jun 2017, 9:00 AM


Government dismisses crackdown on opposition leaders
Dismissing allegations of harassing and intimidating opposition politicians, the government reiterated that the police and judiciary are independent institutions and accused the opposition of pulling “stunts to gain recognition and airtime in the international media.”
03 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM


Opposition decries ‘ramped up crackdown’
In the aftermath of Monday’s contentious no-confidence vote, fresh terror charges were raised against former President Nasheed, former President Gayoom was expelled from the party he founded, and former Defence Minister Nazim was abruptly taken back to jail after nearly a year under house arrest.
01 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM


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, 9:00 AM


Government to reconsider decision to revoke Nasheed’s medical leave
Home Minister Umar Naseer said in a tweet this morning that he has asked the Maldives Correctional Services’ medical board to review a decision to revoke a 30-day extension of medical leave “due to the confusion created by [Nasheed’s] lawyers,” who had denied President Yameen’s claim that the opposition leader was due to undergo surgery in the UK.
20 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM


Efforts to put Maldives on CMAG agenda unsuccessful, says foreign ministry
The Maldives is not on the agenda of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) despite “efforts made by some of the most powerful countries in the Commonwealth to place the Maldives on the group’s agenda and harm the nation,” the foreign ministry has said.
06 Jul 2015, 4:56 PM


MDP agrees to begin talks without Nasheed
25 Jun 2015, 9:06 PM


No obstacle for Nasheed’s involvement in talks, says MDP
28 May 2015, 7:43 PM


Police cleared of wrongdoing in manhandling ex-president
21 May 2015, 5:56 PM


Home minister vows to keep ex president in jail
09 May 2015, 8:00 PM


Cameraman ‘forced’ to erase footage of PG meeting judge
06 May 2015, 5:57 PM


EU calls for political dialogue to resolve crisis
05 May 2015, 5:45 PM


Comment: May Day! May Day! May Day! Maldives
01 May 2015, 11:42 AM