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.
A police spokesman said the money was stolen from visa fee deposit drawers at the department’s counters during lunch break.
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...
“[D]o you not know what was said in the court order? Is that why you are depositing different amounts of money on different months? I thought...
A magistrate court has conditioned the release of a young man arrested for assault on cutting and maintaining his hair “nice and short.” The judge said...
“If the government refuses to abide by the recommendations and decisions of the UNWGAD, we will proceed with direct street action. MDP will protest relentlessly day...
Former President Mohamed Nasheed's imprisonment on a terrorism charge is arbitrary, a UN rights group has ruled. The government, however, says "it does not accept the...
After months of street protests, hundreds of arrests, and failed talks, the opposition and civil society groups hope a UN opinion on Nasheed's imprisonment will provide...
The Supreme Court has reiterated its commitment to upholding the rule of law in the wake of an unexplained explosion on the presidential speedboat that injured...
