Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was questioned for the first time on Saturday, 33 days after his arrest.
The Tourism Ministry has yet to publish visitor numbers for February.
Police have dismissed rumours on social media about the arrest of Commissioner Abdulla Nawaz and other high-ranking officers.
President Abdulla Yameen invoked emergency powers and suspended basic rights "primarily because the bench of the Supreme Court was beyond any measure of constitutional accountability," the Maldives permanent...
Police said investigations were under way after they had learned of plans to topple President Abdulla Yameen’s administration from the streets with arson attacks, bribery, petty...
"I am deeply concerned that the rule of law, which is the foundation of any democratic state, is being undermined," Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussain said at the...
Sir Hugo Swire MP told fellow lawmakers the Maldives tourism industry was losing US$20 million a day since the start of the state emergency and warned...
The demonstration in Colombo was the first one outside the Maldives since last month’s Supreme Court ruling and state of emergency declaration.
Police say they took 48 people into custody between February 1 and March 2 and released 47 of them, although the opposition alliance disputes these figures.
A minister has drawn parallels between the state of emergency in the Maldives and the one in France.
India’s naval chief Sunil Lanba told media that the Maldives had declined to participate in the ‘Milan’ exercise starting March 6, with no reason given for...
LAWASIA confirmed that a fact-finding delegation was denied entry to the Maldives, despite the government’s insistence that international stakeholders are welcome to assess the country’s situation...
The United Nations Human Rights Council heard that President Abdulla Yameen had to declare a state of emergency because a “conspiracy - financed to the tune...
There have been several media reports about security force personnel in custody although the police have only confirmed that two of its officers have been detained.
The Supreme Court has legitimised parliament's approval of President Abdulla Yameen's state of emergency with less than half of lawmakers present last Tuesday.
Abdullah Saleem remains hospitalised despite showing signs of recovery.
Targeted measures may be considered against the Maldives if the country’s situation does not improve, the Council of the European Union said Monday. President Abdulla Yameen...
