The Human Rights Commission of Maldives has denied media reports of seeking charges over a custodial death of a Maafushi jail inmate whose family alleges he...
The Human Rights Commission of the Maldives has been informed of several instances of acts amounting to torture, it was claimed, but has failed to make...
Ahmed Hassan, 55, was found death by prison guards at 4:40am at the low security prison, Asseyri Jail, on December 1
A 57-year-old man held in pre-trial detention at a remand centre in Malé died on Tuesday morning in the second custodial death in less than a...
Citing insufficient evidence, the HRCM has cleared prison guards and police officers of torture claims in the 65 cases it investigated this year.
Ahmed 'Shumba Gong' Ashraf was forced to sit on the floor, in handcuffs, while prisons officers alternately poured hot and ice-cold water on him, said lawyer...
While international human rights and press freedom organisations have condemned the mass arrests as symptomatic of declining press freedom in the Maldives, the Human Rights Commission...
Amnesty International has slammed President Abdulla Yameen’s administration over its failure to address mounting concern over judicial independence.
The current administration's breach of international human rights conventions has tarnished the country's reputation, says the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, as the government insists "the...
Why a government plan to levy a three percent tax on migrant worker remittances has drawn concern among human rights advocates.
A Supreme Court writ ordering the Attorney General’s (AG) Office to represent all state offices, including independent institutions, has caused concern, with lawyers saying the writ...
The Maldivian police, who have pledged to protect and serve us, have failed us. Stabbings, killings, death threats, and destruction of property are now common in...
President Abdulla Yameen has nominated to the human rights watchdog an official accused of defrauding the state of MVR24million (US$1.55million) in 2009 and 2011.
