Lobbying by Maldives’ neighbours India and Sri Lanka played a pivotal role in President Abdulla Yameen’s sudden change of heart in authorising jailed former President Mohamed...
Jailed former President Mohamed Nasheed has been granted leave to travel to the United Kingdom for a surgery on his spine, the ministry of foreign affairs...
The new Indian High Commissioner to the Maldives, Akilesh Mishra, presented his credentials to President Abdulla Yameen this morning. Mishra, formerly India's consul general in Toronto,...
The police have threatened to take legal action against Adeeb's lawyer Hussain Shameem, who said yesterday that the police have confirmed that the former vice president...
"According to the police, Adeeb is now only accused in the [Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation corruption] case. Apart from questions posed on the first...
Responding to allegations of pitching the government and the opposition, Cadman writes: "Supporters of the former President need to make as much noise in public and...
In a surprising U-turn, former President Mohamed Nasheed has lodged an appeal at the Supreme Court, requesting judges to overturn his 13-year jail sentence on a...
A US federal court has ruled that Maldivian law was not violated in the arrest of alleged Russian hacker Roman Seleznev by US Secret Service agents...
"The government has maintained the position that the opinion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is one that should be considered by the Supreme...
Nasheed's lawyers told the press today that the former president has always called for a "political solution" to his jailing, but President Abdulla Yameen has repeatedly...
The current administration's breach of international human rights conventions has tarnished the country's reputation, says the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, as the government insists "the...
A Supreme Court ban on courts going on recess may be aimed at expediting a terrorism trial against detained ex vice president Ahmed Adeeb, his lawyers...
The police have warned opposition supporters to confine tomorrow’s mass protest to the Artificial Beach grounds in Malé, and threatened to disperse protesters at midnight on...
The Supreme Court has accepted the state’s appeal of former President Mohamed Nasheed’s terrorism conviction following a procedural hearing today.
The two day visit comes ahead of a crucial Commonwealth heads of government meeting later this month, and follows a joint statement by the Prime Ministers...
The Supreme Court has suspended lawyers Hussain Shameem and Ahmed Thalib from appearing in any court while the police barred lawyer Ali Nadheem from meeting impeached...
When a president with an army at his command and an armoury at his disposal has a bad trip or an episode of intense paranoia, the...
