Terrorism
Adeeb, five soldiers charged over boat blast
The Prosecutor General’s office filed charges against former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb and five soldiers at the criminal court yesterday over the September 28 blast on the president’s speedboat.
15 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
Surprise terror trial for ex-chief prosecutor
The criminal court summoned detained former Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin to an unannounced hearing today and granted him seven days to hire a lawyer to answer a terror charge.
10 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
Adeeb transferred from high-security prison to police custody
Former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb was abruptly transferred from Maafushi prison to the police detention centre on the island of Dhoonidhoo last night. “We were not notified of the transfer or given a reason why he was being transferred,” said Adeeb’s lawyer Moosa Siraj.
08 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
EX chief prosecutor faces fresh terror charges on ‘conspiracy to kidnap president’
Former Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin and Judge Ahmed Nihan are facing fresh charges of terrorism for allegedly “attempting to take President [Abdulla] Yameen hostage.”
08 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
Adeeb’s terror trial postponed after key witness fails to show up
The criminal court cancelled Sunday a hearing scheduled to hear evidence against former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, who is accused of terrorism on a charge of carrying a pistol.
07 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
Government defends imprisonment of ‘extremist’ Sheikh Imran
“Extremism does not necessarily take the form of religious extremism; a call by an individual to commit violence in the name of a political ideology is as dangerous, and must be dealt with in the same way,” the foreign ministry said in a statement defending Adhaalath Party leader Sheikh Imran’s terrorism conviction.
18 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Translation: Sheikh Imran’s speech at May Day mass rally
Adhaalath Party leader Sheikh Imran was found guilty of terrorism last night over a speech he made at a mass anti-government protest on May 1 last year. The court said Imran’s speech led to violent clashes between protesters and police officers on the night of May 1.
17 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Nasheed’s terrorism appeal begins at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court began reviewing an appeal filed by the state over a controversial 13-year terror sentence against former President Mohamed Nasheed that was criticised by a UN human rights panel as illegal and politically motivated.
03 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Court bars defence witnesses in Imran’s terror trial
The criminal court has barred all defence witnesses in the on-going trial of Sheikh Imran Abdulla who was charged with terrorism over a speech made at a historic anti-government protest on May Day.
30 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
Nasheed prefers physical therapy over surgery, says lawyer
Former President Mohamed Nasheed could require up to six months to fully recover from a spinal condition, his lawyers have said. Azima Shakoor, the minister for legal affairs at the president’s office, told reporters in Colombo that the government would extend his 30-day medical leave on request.
30 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
Adeeb transferred to a high-security prison
Former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb was transferred from a police remand facility to a high-security prison on Maafushi Island last night, the home ministry has confirmed.
28 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
Nasheed’s media blitz: IS recruitment, political repression, and 2018 election
In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour alongside his celebrity lawyer Amal Clooney, the 48-year-old opposition leader said he will challenge President Abdulla Yameen in the 2018 presidential election. “I think I will have to fight the next election. It’s unfinished business. Everything seems to be very half-baked,” he said.
27 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
Imran asks for change of judge in terrorism trial
Sheikh Imran Abdulla, the president of the Adhaalath Party, has requested a change of judge in an on going trial on terrorism charges, claiming that the presiding judge was prejudiced against him.
21 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
Nasheed’s lawyers win US Congress support for Maldives sanctions
In her first-ever interview with a US television network, Mohamed Nasheed’s heavyweight human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, wife of actor George, said she had won support for the introduction of a congressional resolution calling for sanctions against members of the Maldives’ current regime until they free her client.
17 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
Adeeb’s lawyers question validity of terror charges
Detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb cannot be prosecuted on suspicion of carrying a weapon under the now-repealed 1990 anti-terrorism law, his lawyers have contended.
12 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
Adeeb questions evidence in first hearing of terrorism trial
In the first hearing of a trial on a terrorism charge, former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb said he was unaware of any evidence against him except for two statements that claimed he had carried a pistol on May 1 when tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets over the jailing of political prisoners.
10 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
“This attack on me is, first and foremost, personal,” says Cadman
Responding to allegations of pitching the government and the opposition, Cadman writes: “Supporters of the former President need to make as much noise in public and in the press as possible because the activities of which he is accused are so hard to contest in court, not least when he has confirmed them in media interviews on at least two occasions.”
22 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM
Nasheed lodges appeal at the Supreme Court
In a surprising U-turn, former President Mohamed Nasheed has lodged an appeal at the Supreme Court, requesting judges to overturn his 13-year jail sentence on a terrorism charge.
20 Dec 2015, 9:00 AM
Yameen weighs in on civil liberties, terrorism and foreign influence
President Abdulla Yameen has decried what he suggested was double standards by the international community in the handling of emergencies declared earlier this month in the Maldives and France. His rare 90-minute speech weighed in on terrorism, slammed foreign interference and touched on how the Maldives can attract foreign investment.
27 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
Supreme Court to review Nasheed’s terrorism sentence
The Supreme Court has accepted the state’s appeal of former President Mohamed Nasheed’s terrorism conviction following a procedural hearing today.
25 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
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