The Commonwealth today condemned declaration of a month-long emergency in the Maldives by President Abdulla Yameen, citing sweeping powers it gives to the security forces while suspending right to freedom
Transparency International and its chapter Transparency Maldives express their deep concern for the worrying developments in the Maldives in the run up to and following the 30-day state of emergency
Maldives declared a month-long state of emergency Wednesday in what has been extraordinary security measures following an explosion on a speedboat carrying the president and subsequent discovery of an arms
A nationwide survey published by Transparency Maldives points to a continuing crisis of public confidence in key state institutions. Citizens are cynical about politics. They are also dissatisfied with the
A search of the special protection unit (SPU) in Himmafushi Asseyri prison currently holding some high-profile inmates including two former defence ministers has yielded ‘contraband’, correctional service said Wednesday. Former
Lawyer Amal Clooney said the human rights situation in the Maldives was “deteriorating day by day” as she arrived yesterday to press for the release of jailed former president Mohamed
A lawyer for the Maldives’ jailed former president was stabbed in the islands’ capital ahead of a visit by his international legal team, including leading human rights activist Amal Clooney,
The Maldives is in danger of sliding back to authoritarianism through political interference in its judiciary and a deteriorating human rights situation, a new report from civil rights groups said
A new report finds the government guilty of compromising the judiciary and engineering unfair trials. The new Maldives government has severely compromised the independence of the country’s judiciary, putting the
The return to prison of former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed is a setback for human rights in the country, the UN said today, calling on the island nation’s government to
