The Maldives was thrashed by Indonesia in the UN Security Council vote.
The defamation bill "does not seek to criminalise free speech," the government insists, claiming that it would "provide a layer of protection for those who may...
The government has meanwhile asserted the independence of the judiciary and insisted that a bomb caused the September 28 blast on the president's speedboat: "Any suggestion...
The government has reacted furiously to The Economist's coverage of the new opposition coalition launched in London last week, accusing the magazine of being manipulated "to...
Responding to the UN, the Maldivian foreign ministry said the government “rejected any suggestion that it is responsible for the disappearance of Rilwan, or that it...
The government of Maldives has cancelled a US$300,000 PR deal with Washington-based lobbyist Podesta, following former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s arrest on a charge of plotting...
"Extremism does not necessarily take the form of religious extremism; a call by an individual to commit violence in the name of a political ideology is...
Newspaper Haveeru reported today that the pair were also held for more than an hour at the airport before being told they were blacklisted "by mistake."...
"The government of the Maldives believes that the new embassy would completely change the dynamics of Maldives-Japan relations as it will help open-up new avenues for...
The European parliament is due to vote today on a resolution calling on member states to "freeze the assets abroad of members of the Maldives government...
"The government has maintained the position that the opinion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is one that should be considered by the Supreme...
“If the government refuses to abide by the recommendations and decisions of the UNWGAD, we will proceed with direct street action. MDP will protest relentlessly day...
After months of street protests, hundreds of arrests, and failed talks, the opposition and civil society groups hope a UN opinion on Nasheed's imprisonment will provide...
“Government officials are clearly rattled at the prospect of facing targeted sanctions. But rather than doing the right thing and freeing the political prisoners, they are...
"To seek the release of an individual purely on the basis of his political standing and having [no] regard to the allegations against him is inappropriate,...
Following international media coverage of the alleged secret surveillance, the prisons authority said in a statement - posted in English on Twitter by the foreign ministry...
All 2,000 Maldivian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia are safe and accounted for after a crane collapse at the Grand Mosque in Mecca last night left at...
