A severe and wide-ranging police crackdown is contributing to low turnout at opposition rallies. Some hope the ongoing split in the ruling party will help supporters...
The detained couple has been identified as a Polish national who works as a freelance photographer and her husband, an Italian businessman. The police spokesman said...
Today's verdict comes a week after the lawmaker was sentenced to four months and 24 days in prison on a separate count of obstructing police duty....
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...
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.
"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 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...
MP Ahmed Mahloof and three others were briefly detained Saturday evening. Standing atop a pickup, Mahloof was using a megaphone to invite the public to the...
The Maldives United Opposition, launched in London last month by opposition leaders in exile, had planned to hold the rally Thursday night despite the last-minute withdrawal...
Despite the withdrawal of the permit, the MDP has said the first rally of the new opposition coalition will go ahead as planned tonight. Maldives United...
With the new opposition coalition's first protest rally due to take place tomorrow night, a divided government now readies itself to face a fragmented opposition, setting...
At a meeting last Thursday, senior police officers informed MDP officials that political activity will not be allowed in the streets of the capital, citing complaints...
The opposition has renewed calls for Yameen’s arrest, claiming it has new evidence he instructed the central bank to halt an inquiry into the Maldives’ biggest...
The government has meanwhile asserted the independence of the judiciary and insisted that a bomb caused the September 28 blast on the president's speedboat: "Any suggestion...
