"They were fined because they had involved children in their protest and also for using the UN emblem against the regulations," Elections Commissioner Ahmed Akram told...
"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...
Shortly after Gasim's Jumhooree Party formed an alliance with the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party in February and launched an anti-government campaign, the tourism ministry terminated...
The EC had threatened to take action against the main opposition party over the use of the UN logo in the November 27 protest. The MDP...
Maldivians have failed to achieve the same level of development as Singapore due to a lack of good behaviour and discipline, President Abdulla Yameen said this...
Deputy Home Minister Ahmed Adeem is under investigation by the police over the alleged embezzlement of MVR2 million (US$129,700) from the state's pension fund. The embezzlement...
President Abdulla Yameen has vetoed a law banning calls for tourism boycott and sanctions against the Maldives, saying the bill infringes on the right to free...
Nazim was unable to leave as scheduled last Sunday despite permission from the Maldives Correctional Services. The department of immigration had seized his passport on orders...
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...
Powerful western countries use “double standards” to unfairly judge small and vulnerable nations like the Maldives, President Abdulla Yameen has said. Speaking at a function held...
"In truth, President Yameen and I have been the victims of a despicable conspiracy, launched, I believe, by my political foes in and outside the Cabinet....
The government has backtracked on a pledge to build a new hospital in southern Addu City, promising to improve services at the existing Hithadhoo Regional Hospital...
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...
"The past seven years have seen the Maldives leap forward and just as quickly regress heavily in the rights arena," the MDN said in a statement...
Colonel Ahmed 'Papa' Fayaz's lawyer has challenged his administrative detention at the military barracks, seeking an order declaring the senior officer's continuing detention arbitrary and illegal.
"Corruption continues to undermine development by promoting wastage, has eroded public confidence in key institutions and victimise vulnerable communities in Maldivian society," Transparency Maldives has said.
If fans of brand Nike are concerned with the working conditions at factories in Bangladesh, rich tourists who travel to the Maldives must surely ask themselves...
