Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the parliamentary group leader of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, was questioned about a disputed document provided to former President Nasheed by...
Lawyers representing jailed former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb and former Colonel Ahmed Fayaz 'Papa' have challenged the validity of charges raised against the pair in relation...
MP Ahmed Amir of the government-aligned Maldives Development Alliance proposed amending the constitution to increase the term of local councils from three to five years.
The police summoned main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party MP Ali Nizar for questioning over a tweet last night and confiscated his phone.
Ex Home Minister Umar Naseer speaks candidly about his resignation from the cabinet, the changing political landscape, and the high-profile murder of Dr Afrasheem Ali.
The Rasdhoo island magistrate court has fined a man MVR8,000 (US$520) for snatching back from the police a large pair of white underwear hung outside the...
Citing insufficient evidence, the HRCM has cleared prison guards and police officers of torture claims in the 65 cases it investigated this year.
Riot police officers tried to halt an opposition rally Monday night after forcibly entering the Maldivian Democratic Party's haruge (meeting hall) in Malé without a court...
President Abdulla Yameen laid the foundation stone Sunday for a new power station in the capital's suburb Hulhumalé. The state-owned housing corporation has meanwhile signed several...
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...
Yameen has replaced Home Minister Ahmed Zuhoor with Azleen Ahmed, a junior minister at the education ministry. The reason for the sudden change remain unclear.
The ruling party-dominated parliament voted today to accept a bill on criminalising defamation and restricting free speech, disregarding forceful international criticism and a free speech campaign...
The Jumhooree Party MP said the police did not directly accuse him of a specific crime, "but it was quiet clear from their questioning and also...
Kenya’s former chief justice flew into the Maldives Sunday for his first visit as a special envoy of the Commonwealth amid an intensifying government crackdown on...
The revised defamation bill is a “serious setback for freedom of speech in the Maldives,” said the US, UK, EU, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands in...
Ex home minister Umar Naseer says he has been placed under police protection after receiving death threats from a group of unidentified men carrying knives.
"The police questioned us regarding the detainee fund. Apparently, they are of the view that the fund is an obstruction to the proper functioning of the...
