Politics
Whistleblower protection urged for bank employee detained over MMPRC leak
Lawyers representing a senior bank official, detained for leaking documents related to the Maldives’ biggest ever corruption scandal, are seeking his release under laws that offer protection for whistleblowers.
23 May 2016, 09:00
Court rejects lawsuit over delayed verdicts for May Day protesters
The civil court rejected Sunday a lawsuit filed by three May Day protesters against the criminal court’s “unreasonable” delays in delivering a verdict five months after hearings concluded.
23 May 2016, 09:00
Nasheed granted political asylum in UK
Former President Mohamed Nasheed has been granted asylum in the United Kingdom. The opposition leader was granted “political refugee status” by the British government on Thursday, his lawyer Hassan Latheef told The Maldives Independent today.
23 May 2016, 09:00
New evidence will prove Nazim was framed, says lawyer
The ex-defence minister’s lawyer Husnu Suood told the press that the Supreme Court will be asked to hear testimony from an eyewitness who saw a police officer involved in the midnight raid on Nazim’s apartment planting a black bag containing the pistol.
21 May 2016, 09:00
Man arrested from opposition’s weekly prayer gathering
Riot police officers on Friday arrested a man from the opposition’s weekly prayer gathering outside the Islamic Centre on a charge of disobeying orders. Maumoon Sulaiman, a former Thaa atoll councillor representing the Vilifushi constituency, has been detained for five days.
21 May 2016, 09:00
Posters and banners banned in public spaces
The housing ministry is removing posters and banners from Malé’s public spaces, in a bid to “ensure public safety and well-being, and keeping parks, streets and public squares, places frequented by the public and children clean and free from litter.”
19 May 2016, 09:00
STO ordered to reinstate unfairly dismissed manager
The State Trading Organisation dismissed Ashraf Ali, then-general manager of the administrative department, on December 4, 2013 after the company’s board decided to dissolve his department and merge it with the human resources department.
19 May 2016, 09:00
Severing ties with Iran risks Indian Ocean stability, says opposition
The Maldives opposition has slammed the government’s decision to sever its 40-year-old diplomatic ties with Iran as “irrational adventurism” that may destabilise the Indian Ocean.
18 May 2016, 09:00
Maldives severs diplomatic ties with Iran
The foreign ministry said Iran pursues policies that are “detrimental to peace and security in the region which in many ways, is also linked to stability, peace and security of the Maldives.”
17 May 2016, 09:00
Three May Day detainees sue state over trial delay
Lawyers representing three men detained on charges of assaulting a police officer on May Day last year have sued the Maldivian state over the criminal court’s six-month delay in issuing a verdict.
17 May 2016, 09:00
Prosecutors to revise charges against Raajje TV journalist
A second hearing in Raajje TV journalist Hussain Fiyaz Moosa’s assault trial was cancelled today, reportedly because state prosecutors are revising charges against him.
17 May 2016, 09:00
Yameen hits back at Gayoom’s criticism of development vision
Yameen hit back at Gayoom who had said that he was impressed by a group of young people he had met who did not “believe the Maldives should become another Singapore.”
17 May 2016, 09:00
Surfer denied access to lawyer, police say new rules bar visits on Friday
A man arrested Friday for surfing at Malés surf point was denied access to a lawyer based on a new regulation that bars detainees from legal counsel on Fridays and public holidays.
15 May 2016, 09:00
Journalists retrace missing colleague’s final known footsteps
A group of Maldivian journalists retraced Friday the final known footsteps of their abducted colleague, Ahmed Rilwan, in protest against the government’s response to a UN human rights panel on his disappearance.
14 May 2016, 09:00
Judges launch workshops and action plans in apparent reform effort
The Maldives’ embattled judiciary, which has long-resisted calls for reform, has launched a series of workshops, emphasizing access to justice, improving efficiency and skills, and administrative reform.
14 May 2016, 09:00
Raajje TV under fire again for ‘airing defamatory content’
The Maldives Broadcasting Commission, in a letter to the opposition-aligned station today, said it was looking into a complaint filed over defamatory content aired during the May 1 episode of the talk show, Fala Surkhee.
12 May 2016, 09:00
Maldives’ most senior female judge quits
Dr Azmiralda Zahir, the Maldives’ most senior female judge, resigned from the high court this morning in protest against her transfer to a regional branch in southern Addu City.
12 May 2016, 09:00
Yameen awaits supreme court ruling in Nasheed’s terror appeal
The president said he will urge the supreme court to issue a ruling in Nasheed’s terror appeal. “Then we can decide on how to move forward. But the truth we must accept is that when such heinous crimes occur, justice will be served someday.”
11 May 2016, 09:00
Police dismantle political party hangouts in central island
Police dismantled political party jagahas or hangouts on the island of Kudahuvadhoo in Dhaalu Atoll on the home ministry’s orders.
11 May 2016, 09:00
MDP reiterates call for consultation over e-voting plans
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party has urged the Elections Commission to consult with political parties over its plans to introduce electronic voting in the upcoming local council elections.
10 May 2016, 09:00
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