Two men sentenced to 40 lashes for drinking alcohol

Although the Maldives legal system is a combination of sharia law and common law, sharia sentences are uncommon.

“Murder has to be punished with murder”: Yameen calls for death penalty to be put into practice

Sentencing children to death is alarming: Amnesty International

Rising extremism could threaten Maldives’ tourism industry: report

Maldives failed “at every level” to protect minor charged with fornication from years of abuse

Abandoned child legally assigned foster parents for first time in Maldivian history

Murder of newborn baby sends mother and daughter to life in prison