US Secretary of State John Kerry has welcomed the Maldivian government's decision to authorise jailed former President Mohamed Nasheed to seek medical treatment in the UK.
President Abdulla Yameen's repressive rule, "blind-eye" to religious extremism, and pervasive human rights abuses, which include the jailing of former President Mohamed Nasheed, "constitute an extraordinary...
After accompanying a witness to the police headquarters last night, Mahfooz Saeed from Nasheed's legal team told the press that the police have assured lawyers the...
After appealing former President Mohamed Nasheed's 13-year sentence at the Supreme Court this week, the opposition leader's lawyers are now petitioning the lower courts to secure...
The European parliament has adopted a resolution calling on the EU and member states "to introduce restrictive measures in the form of targeted sanctions to freeze...
"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...
Nasheed's lawyers told the press today that the former president has always called for a "political solution" to his jailing, but President Abdulla Yameen has repeatedly...
Lawyers said they had been allowed to visit the opposition leader only four times since his re-imprisonment in August. A meeting scheduled for November 19 has...
The ministry claimed in a statement yesterday that the MDP's prayer contains ill wishes towards particular people, describing it as a "show off". Hundreds of opposition...
The main opposition party originally planned to hold the anti-government demonstration on November 6, but was forced to call it off after President Abdulla Yameen declared...
Hassan Latheef's statements on behalf of former President Mohamed Nasheed on social media "could harm public interest and the state's dignity," Home Minister Umar Naseer informed...
Atul Keshap, the new ambassador of the United States of America to the Maldives, presented his credentials to President Abdulla Yameen this morning. The pair discussed...
Former President Mohamed Nasheed was brought to Malé this afternoon to attend a dispute resolution meeting at the civil court in a lawsuit filed by his...
MP Ahmed Nihan, PPM parliamentary group leader, meanwhile called Nasheed's high-profile lawyers Jared Genser and Amal Clooney "enemies of the state" after the pair launched a...
Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon suggested that the celebrity status of Nasheed's lawyers has a "very big impact" on international media coverage and shapes international opinion on...
The MDP's national council adopted a resolution last night backing targeted sanctions on senior officials of the state if the government continues to detain former President...
Jared Genser, Amal Clooney, and Nasheed's wife, Laila Ali, briefed the British press yesterday on the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention’s (WGAD) opinion, which said...
