Despite the withdrawal of the permit, the MDP has said the first rally of the new opposition coalition will go ahead as planned tonight. Maldives United...
Slamming Yameen over continued pressure on critical and independent media in the Maldives, RSF has called on the Commonwealth to react without delay.
The suspension of the Marine Stewardship Council's eco-label was based on by an assessment of yellowfin tuna stocks by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission's scientific committee,...
Some 183 Maldivian journalists have signed a historic petition urging the authorities to tackle threats to press freedom, including the withdrawal of a bill criminalising defamation...
Shortly after the amendments to withdraw privileges and state benefits were passed at today's sitting of parliament, the opposition leader tweeted: “I have always believed that...
While international human rights and press freedom organisations have condemned the mass arrests as symptomatic of declining press freedom in the Maldives, the Human Rights Commission...
Full transcript of former Auditor General Niyaz's interview detailing the extent of complicity by state officials, including President Yameen and MPs, in the embezzlement of hundreds...
The Maldives Islamic Bank had refused to share information about Yameen's private bank account with the Anti-Corruption Commission for its investigation into the embezzlement of nearly...
MDP Chairperson Ali Waheed had told the opposition-aligned Raajje TV last week that US$1.5 billion in cash was brought to the Maldives last year on a...
The international ‘popular’ trial of former President Mohamed Nasheed has fallen into a spiral of oversimplifications and selective narratives that leads to contradictions, writes PPM MP...
The government today promised top diplomats that it would withdraw conditions for Nasheed's UK trip, but the home minister remains adamant and has levelled a series...
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...
President Abdulla Yameen has vetoed a law banning calls for tourism boycott and sanctions against the Maldives, saying the bill infringes on the right to free...
With the impeachment of Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, the choice of a replacement weights heavier on President Abdulla Yameen’s shoulders every day, writes S. Visham
The main opposition party originally planned to hold the anti-government demonstration on November 6, but was forced to call it off after President Abdulla Yameen declared...
"All these people here belonging to MDP should be arrested. This is what we're trying to do. God willing, that will happen now," said ruling party...
Protest marches and vehicle rallies took place simultaneously around 4:00pom in the capital Malé, Addu City, Gaaf Dhaal Thinadhoo, and several islands across the country, calling...
