MPs of the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives have submitted a no-confidence motion against Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin. An emergency meeting of the parliament's independent institutions committee has...
The PPM's leader has backed the detained vice president's expulsion and a motion to impeach him through parliament. Gayoom also denied that the PPM is weakened...
Jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the Maldives to “disentangle us from the mess we are in,” according...
While it is unsurprising that the Government of the Maldives wishes to have a fact-free conversation about the rapidly deteriorating human-rights situation in the country, the...
India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called on President Abdulla Yameen this morning ahead of crucial bilateral talks.
Ruling former President Mohamed Nasheed’s imprisonment arbitrary, a UN human rights panel has urged the Maldives to release him immediately and compensate him for losses.
Human rights advocacy group Amnesty International has called on the Maldives to release former President Mohamed Nasheed or give him a fair trial, in the wake...
Dunya called the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's ruling on Nasheed's imprisonment "arbitrary" in a meeting with the UN human rights chief, and sought to...
The judiciary came under fire during the Maldives' Universal Periodic Review in May over "politicisation," inadequate qualification of judges, and lack of conformity to international fair...
"My father, Mohamed Nasheed, former president of Maldives, was imprisoned by the Maldivian government on fabricated charges of 'terrorism.' He is the first democratically elected president...
Following international media coverage of the alleged secret surveillance, the prisons authority said in a statement - posted in English on Twitter by the foreign ministry...
A ruling by the UN working group of arbitrary detention declaring former President Mohamed Nasheed's imprisonment unlawful would be an "authoritative judgment" that could pave the...
Former President Mohamed Nasheed's high-profile international lawyers Amal Clooney and Jared Genser have alleged that the government spied on their meeting with the opposition leader at...
Speaking to reporters upon arriving at the international airport this afternoon, Genser expressed confidence that the UN working group will issue a ruling in October declaring...
"[Nasheed] is pleased that I'll be attending meetings on his behalf with the government this week," Clooney told press after the two-hour meeting. The government has...
Opposition supporters gathered at the Malé airport with a drumming band to welcome jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed’s international lawyer Amal Clooney today. Jared Genser is...
A circular issued by the apex court and signed by Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed yesterday stated that a mechanism for "continuous judicial education" is needed to...
