The army removed an emergency response car from the former president's motorcade, effective Thursday.
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.
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...
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's withdrawal of support for his half-brother President Abdulla Yameen's administration after a four-month-long battle for control of the ruling party signalled...
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...
“This is the real PPM. I am repeatedly telling you that those behind President Yameen is the real PPM,” MP Abdul Raheem Abdulla has declared
Excerpts of Gayoom's press conference, in which he defied a civil court order that stripped him of control of the ruling party and ruled out reconciliation...
The civil court has stripped former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of control of the Progressive Party of the Maldives, and installed his half-brother and incumbent president,...
Some 22 men from the northern island of Ihavandhoo were charged with obstruction of police duty over the forced closure of a police station during nationwide...
Azra Naseem dissects the government-proposed bill to recriminalise defamation. "To start with, direct full-frontal assault on the right to freedom of expression," she writes.
The defamation bill "does not seek to criminalise free speech," the government insists, claiming that it would "provide a layer of protection for those who may...
The revised defamation bill is a “serious setback for freedom of speech in the Maldives,” said the US, UK, EU, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands in...
A group of journalists launched a campaign last week to raise awareness about the dangers posed by the proposed law, warning that it would spell the...
The first rally by the Maldives United Opposition is underway. A podium has been set up at the MDP's meeting hall, located on the outer ring...
The Maldives United Opposition is gearing up for its rally tonight despite the government's refusal to grant permission to use a public venue in Malé.
A failed coup attempt by a faction within the Turkish military Friday night has reignited fierce debates among Maldivians on social media about the controversial transfer...
The Maldives United Opposition, launched in London last month by opposition leaders in exile, had planned to hold the rally Thursday night despite the last-minute withdrawal...
