State prosecutors asked the Supreme Court today to uphold a death sentence handed to Hussain Humam Ahmed by the criminal court over the brutal murder of...
President Abdulla Yameen defended last night the government’s decision to reintroduce the death penalty, contending that enforcing capital punishment for murder is necessary to ensure public...
In a blow to groups urging the Maldives to reinstate a moratorium on the death penalty, the high court has ruled that the president cannot commute...
The government has earmarked funds in next year's budget for new jails, a "death chamber" and solitary confinement units at the Maafushi jail, but slashed funding...
Hussain Humam, who was found guilty in January 2013, had appealed his conviction at the appellate court. The five-judge panel at the High Court ruled unanimously...
