PPM's parliamentary group has issued a three-line-whip against the a bill that if passed would strip former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of the party’s presidency.
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...
Ruling former President Mohamed Nasheed’s imprisonment arbitrary, a UN human rights panel has urged the Maldives to release him immediately and compensate him for losses.
Police have begun monitoring traffic on southern Addu City’s link road in a bit to prevent fatal accidents, which have killed at least six people this...
The ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM) has proposed salary cuts of more than 50 percent for the Malé and Addu city councilors.
Indian External Affairs Minister Shushma Swaraj is scheduled to arrive in the Maldives on October 10 for a two-day visit, The Maldives Independent understands.
Shortly after today's sitting began at 9:00am, MDP MPs started chanting "Free President Nasheed" and held up banners that read, "Free President Nasheed in line with...
"Protect and save our ruler, our people, and our country from the evil plots of schemers, acts of terrorism, the deceit of deceitful, and the envy...
A police spokesman said the money was stolen from visa fee deposit drawers at the department’s counters during lunch break.
After registering a four percent decline in July, arrivals from China increased by 7.8 percent in August despite a slowdown in the Chinese economy and a...
The police have been taking statements from journalists who witnessed the incident from the Izzudin jetty as well as crew from the 'Finifenma' speedboat, parts of...
Vice President Ahmed Adeeb and senior government officials attended the first ever ceremony of its kind on Thursday.
The Maldives has called on the UN to reform itself to better address the needs of small island states and global challenges such as climate change.
A large section of the harbor fell away under the weight of a tractor carrying gravel for construction. According to Addu Online, the tractor was carrying...
A UN human rights panel’s finding that former President Mohamed Nasheed’s imprisonment on a terrorism charge was arbitrary has revived the opposition’s streets activities, while the government’s refusal...
Human rights advocacy group Amnesty International has called on the Maldives to release former President Mohamed Nasheed or give him a fair trial, in the wake...
Dunya called the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's ruling on Nasheed's imprisonment "arbitrary" in a meeting with the UN human rights chief, and sought to...
