A campaign has been launched to ban NGO Maldivian Democracy Network.
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) has urged the Maldives to drop charges raised against the executive director of the Maldivian Democracy Network,...
Shahindha Ismail has been under fire for saying that Allah allowed for other faiths, a response to President Abdulla Yameen asserting he would only permit Islam...
Praise for human rights progress in the Maldives has angered and alarmed defenders.
Despite the foreign minister claiming successful consolidation of democracy, the curtailment of fundamental rights and the widely condemned imprisonment of opposition leaders during President Abdulla Yameen's...
The Supreme Court has quashed a stay order issued Sunday by the High Court halting executions by the state pending a judgment on the constitutionality of...
The High Court has issued a stay order halting executions by the state pending a ruling on the constitutionality of regulations enacted in April 2014 for...
The Maldivian Democracy Network described Judge Bari's behaviour as "prejudicial" towards the accused as well as in breach of the code of conduct for judges.
"The past seven years have seen the Maldives leap forward and just as quickly regress heavily in the rights arena," the MDN said in a statement...
Nikhil Narayan from the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) told the The Maldives Independent that the “arbitrary removal” of PG Muhthaz Muhsin is the latest instance...
"Riot police manhandled family members and friends of Rilwan, used pepper spray at disproportionately close range, directly into the eyes of demonstrators and also arrested a...
