The Supreme Court has quashed a stay order issued Sunday by the High Court halting executions by the state pending a judgment on the constitutionality of...
The High Court has issued a stay order halting executions by the state pending a ruling on the constitutionality of regulations enacted in April 2014 for...
A revised bill on criminalising defamation and imposing severe restrictions on free speech was introduced to parliament last Tuesday without addressing concerns raised by Maldivian journalists.
The UN said Tamrat Samuel "urged all concerned Maldivian parties to show maximum flexibility and commitment to compromise in order to overcome outstanding differences and address...
Riot police continued to forcibly disperse the opposition's weekly prayer gathering Friday afternoon, arresting three men and using pepper spray to push back the crowd outside...
The broadcasting regulator has ordered the opposition-aligned Raajje TV not to air a news report featuring a young man who claims police offered him MVR500,000 (US$32,509)...
An emergency meeting of the ruling party's council Tuesday night showed that some members are opposed to the reform agenda launched by former President Maumoon Abdul...
The first rally by the Maldives United Opposition is underway. A podium has been set up at the MDP's meeting hall, located on the outer ring...
The Maldives United Opposition's shadow cabinet on also discussed setting up "a special 'Whatsapp' phone hotline to impart relevant information to police personnel seeking to refuse...
The Maldives United Opposition is gearing up for its rally tonight despite the government's refusal to grant permission to use a public venue in Malé.
Gayoom, the leader of the PPM, said the members who walked out objected to the presence of his son Faris Maumoon and Aminath Nadira, who they...
MDP MPs clamoured for the immediate release of their jailed colleague and called for President Yameen's resignation. Speaker Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed adjourned proceedings shortly after the...
Warning that the changes would compromise the civil service's impartiality and meritocracy, PPM MP Faris Maumoon breached the ruling party's whip line again and voted against...
"There's no room now to believe that what Britain is doing now isn't keeping a few Maldivians there and training them for a terrorist attack here,"...
Tamrat Samuel is due to begin talks with the government and opposition parties Tuesday, but the imprisonment of opposition leaders, including former President Nasheed and Adhaalath...
The ruling party MPs told local media that the lawsuit had been withdrawn. "But we’ve realised Maumoon is still not allowing for council or committee meetings,...
The opposition coalition's spokesman was accused of trying to "flee" from the police after a remand hearing in April last year. Despite the conviction, Mahloof remains...
