The Supreme Court has suspended the lawyers representing two more suspects in the September 28 explosion on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat.
Why a government plan to levy a three percent tax on migrant worker remittances has drawn concern among human rights advocates.
The online registry lists more than 70 individuals with their photos, full names, national identity card numbers, date of birth, age, address, date of conviction, date...
The government of the Maldives has hired a second public relations firm, London-based BTP Advisers, the Maldives Independent can reveal.
There were only two ways to dethrone a Maldivian ruler, according to historian and linguist Naseema Mohamed. “One is death, natural or assassination, and the other...
A translation of President Abdulla Yameen's speech on the occasion of Republic Day
President Abdulla Yameen's speech on October 25, the day after his deputy Ahmed Adeeb's arrest.
When a president with an army at his command and an armoury at his disposal has a bad trip or an episode of intense paranoia, the...
With the ratification of the new anti-terror law, anyone in the country could have his or her enjoyment of human rights set back to dictatorship-era standards,...
Opposition supporters have hit back at a letter from the Maldives Police Services asking for respect by publishing photos of police brutality and demanding justice for continued impunity.
Sri Lanka has warned the Maldives against “regional instability,” slamming a state of emergency declared here in the wake of an explosion on the presidential speedboat...
The ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives dominated People’s Majlis has removed Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin in an abrupt vote at midnight.
President Abdulla Yameen has lifted an unprecedented 30-day nationwide state of emergency after just six days, citing progress by the police in investigating threats posed by...
After a year of multiple politically motivated trials, domestic and international observers are concerned of continuing due process violations in the Maldives, especially in that of...
A Sri Lankan national that the Maldives government claims had attempted to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen with a firearm was arrested not on a charge of...
"My client, Ahmed Adeeb’s impeachment is illegal. Every incident that follows from this illegal vote should therefore be reversed," writes Hussain Shameem, the former vice president's...
The expulsion of an 18-year-old Maldivian man from Sri Lanka on the request of the authorities here has sparked a diplomatic row. Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry...
