"It is not right for a person to suffer such physical harm because of what he said or did. Such crimes should be stopped in the...
The stabbing of lawyer Mahfooz Saeed on Friday cannot be easily dismissed as gang violence, an attempted robbery, or an assault by drug addicts, writes Hassan...
"This vicious attack must not go unpunished – Maldives authorities must ensure that human rights defenders can work free from fear of reprisals and that those...
After Gayoom declined an invitation to inaugurate a symposium to launch Yameen's re-election campaign on Thursday night, a pro-government media outlet leaked conversations with PPM MPs...
According to eyewitnesses, two men on a motorbike stabbed Mahfooz in front of the Vaadhee Fresh shop on Maaveyo Magu. Mahfooz was rushed to IGHM where...
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) is planning to hold a nation-wide protest on September 11 against the recent re-imprisonment of former President Mohamed Nasheed.
Why is the international community reluctant to let go of the ‘democracy’ label for the Maldives? Does it arise from a fear of acknowledging defeat, or...
Former President Mohamed Nasheed’s parents and siblings were denied a weekly visit at the high-security prison on Maafushi Island today, according to lawyers.
It now appears unlikely that Maldives courts will be able to clear long- pending cases when the one-month period imposed by the Supreme Court expires on...
The immigration department has widened the age range for foreign domestic servants, drivers and attendants to between 23 and 58 years of age.
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has declined an invitation to inaugurate a symposium to launch President Abdulla Yameen’s re-election campaign for 2018, set to begin tonight.
In a rare visit to four Maldives islands this week, President Abdulla Yameen pledged to provide government-administered electricity in all inhabited islands by 2018. In 2014,...
The MDP has expressed concern over a "ballooning budget deficit," and said the Maldives will not meet targeted 1.4million arrivals, or raise expected revenue from SEZs.
The Supreme Court’s decision to divide the nine-member High Court bench to three branches has stalled appeals filed over Nazim’s conviction and Imran’s continued detention without...
Jailed former President Mohamed Nasheed’s lawyers have requested criminal court judges to review its registrar’s decision to throw out a challenge to his re-imprisonment on August...
Whether the video message threatening to kill the president and harm tourism is authentic or a hoax, it does a lot of harm for the Maldives'...
Real Estate Company Amin Construction has been awarded today a plot in Malé for the construction of 90 luxury flats. Of these, 18 flats will belong...
