Police have given their own tally on how many people were arrested during weekend protests.
The Supreme Court has ordered the immediate release of high-profile prisoners including the former president Mohamed Nasheed and former vice president Ahmed Adeeb.
Mohamed Nasheed, the exiled leader of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, cannot run for president due to a prison sentence.
Gayoom and Nasheed have not spoken to each other since March 2017, when the two former rivals signed an historic agreement to work together to “restore...
The MDP says preparation for the presidential election will begin in January, and in May the MDP's campaign, candidate and manifesto will be launched.
Ex-leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom made the comparison on National Unity Day, which marks the tsunami that killed 82 people in the Maldives.
Calling for tourism boycotts, portraying the country as extreme, demanding the replacement of the education curriculum and demanding religions other than Islam also violated the Maldives...
Opposition lawmakers have been boycotting parliamentary proceedings since the contentious disqualification of defectors from the ruling party was used to quash a majority-backed no-confidence motion against...
Ibrahim Nahid was among 40 men who decided to swim three miles to an MDP campaign rally.
Hassan Latheef, a prominent lawyer and former minister, was elected as the chairperson of the Maldivian Democratic Party on Friday
The ACC declared legal expenses from the state budget and forced attendance for civil servants because the rally was organised by the government and not the...
Participating in the vote would legitimise an election that has been “unlawfully stolen” from the people, the religious conservative party said.
The EPA approved reef blasting between the islands of Meedhoo and Ismahelahera in Addu Atoll on November 9, after it came under pressure from the government,...
