Police have confirmed the testimonies are authentic and are investigating the leaks.
Abdulla Saeed is accused of unduly using his influence as chief justice to overthrow the government by putting national security and public safety at risk.
The assistant prosecutor general said the arrest, recorded on video, did not show the judge being injured and claimed he was being held in the special...
Defence lawyers said the obstruction of government function charge was brought in violation of the criminal procedures act.
The constitution was crushed and his detention was an inhumane atrocity, the chief justice told the court.
The ruling could lead to the unfreezing of Villa’s assets and accounts and is some good news for the group, which has experienced several setbacks in...
Yameen Rasheed was a popular blogger and IT professional. He would have been 30 this month.
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom started planning to overthrow the government in 2015, police spokesman Ahmed Shifan told the media in a surprise press conference.
The Islamic affairs ministry has published a paper about issues related to religious freedom, mocking religion, going to war in the name of religion, committing murder...
Islam is used in Maldivian political rhetoric to appeal to voters and also to malign liberal voices. Those supporting democracy or pluralism are branded as irreligious...
The policy paper, published by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, seeks to address issues around apostasy, extremism and freedom of speech in a religious context.
The opposition coalition rallied Friday afternoon with the families of detainees arrested during a state of emergency declared in February over an alleged coup plot.
No mention was made of the IPU's calls to immediately reinstate 12 MPs and withdraw obstruction charges raised against 12 opposition lawmakers for entering parliament.
Mohamed Wisam and Amir Saleem were accused of making a video showing masked men in police uniforms threatening to join an anti-government demonstration.
Leadership figures were arrested in the buildup to the March 16 mass protest after police alleged there were plans to overthrow the government by inciting unrest...
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was arrested under the state of emergency, which deprives detainees of the right to be taken before a judge within 24 hours, but was...
An unfolding crisis in the Maldives is escalating after the attorney general declared Sunday morning that the security services will defy a new Supreme Court order...
