The constitution was crushed and his detention was an inhumane atrocity, the chief justice told the court.
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom started planning to overthrow the government in 2015, police spokesman Ahmed Shifan told the media in a surprise press conference.
The former president said he had written to the court and asked it to reconsider his detention as he was elderly and had health problems.
The incarceration of the former president and strongman, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, has provoked mixed emotions among Maldivians.
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was questioned for the first time on Saturday, 33 days after his arrest.
Her departure from her uncle’s government appeared imminent after President Abdulla Yameen arrested her father on February 6, but has taken weeks to materialise.
The probe began with the arrest of MP Faris Maumoon for attempting to overthrow the government by bribing politicians, and intensified with the arrest of three...
Faris Maumoon is a politician but is best known for being the eldest son of former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. He is also known for being...
The former president made the remarks at an opposition gathering and called for immediate reforms, saying there was no need to wait for a particular time.
Security measures were stepped up, with the military recording the names of everyone coming in and out of the house.
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 Maldives government is “back on the route to success, while maintaining current peace and stability”, President Abdulla Yameen said in his new year message, as...
Gayoom's remarks fuelled speculation that the joint opposition parties have been unable to agree on choosing a non-politician as an interim leader as suggested by former...
Accusing the opposition of "advocating the destruction of institutions" and "calling for attacks against the police and military", Yameen said: "These aren't characteristics of democracy. Political...
Abdul Aleem is accused of contravening the civil court ruling that put Yameen in control of the PPM, by setting up a rival secretariat and expelling...
Saudhullah Hilmy's defection was prompted by the cancellation of lucrative government contracts and deals a blow to Gayoom's plans to check Yameen's hold on power through...
The moves against the Gasim's business interests come after the Jumhooree Party leader threw his weight behind former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and formed a new...
