A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Great-grandfather and Grandfathers raped 2 years old child from GA.Kandhuhulhudhoo Photo: Rajje.mv Social media is flooded with fuming statuses, comments and pictures regarding the current Rape case. Various groups are coming together in numerous platforms to voice out their anger, disappointments and rage due to perpetrators roaming freely among us without proper prosecution and penalties […]
ARC has strongly condemned the circulation of a video depicting inappropriate sexual behaviour among minors on social media platforms. Propagation of inappropriate content of children is not only contradictory to the rights and dignity of the children involved but also negatively impacts the well- being of the children and their families in the long-term. As […]
Prosecutor General’s Office states the former Disability Ambassador, Ahmed Hishan who has been accused of child abuse, will not be charged against, due to a lack of evidence. Ahmed Hishan, G. Niruweek, K. Male’ had been accused of child abuse. His case had been sent to the PG office for charges to be brought forward, […]
Institute for Wellness Education (IWE) announces that they will be organizing a session based on “Rape: From Broken to Unbreakable to help shatter the shame, stigma, and silence surrounding sexual violence. The session will be brought to you by Ooredoo in association with MV+ (Media Partner), Eight Cubed (Design Partner), and Voice of Children (Civil […]
The Ministry of Gender, Family, and Social Services recently shared their statistics on reported Elder Abuse cases. They did so in a tweet to commemorate World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, the 15th of June. Gender Ministry statistics show that there is a significant decrease in the elder abuse cases reported in the first 4 months […]
Bank of Maldives (BML) has assured that there has been no breach of card details at BML despite the social media speculations of such breach. The statement from BML comes after a list of BML issued cards made rounds on social media with reports of a major data breach of the card information. Merchants and […]
ARC strongly condemns the recent cases of rape of 11 and 16-year-olds, with both cases reportedly happening at guesthouses in Male’ City. ARC expresses deep concern with the lack of supervision of guesthouses registered with the Ministry of Tourism and remains deeply concerned about reports of numerous unregistered room rentals that continue to operate without […]
An investigation into government procedures and work in procurement of ventilators has not revealed any misconduct so far, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has said. The investigation was launched after some government figures were accused of corruption in the process to procure ventilators from private companies. President of ACC Mariyam Shiuna stated in a Parliamentary committee that […]
As Maldives tries to grapple the community spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has managed to shed light into various other challenges that require attention. Human trafficking, worker rights, the housing crisis and food safety are issues speculated from time to time but the ongoing crisis has proved that these issues need to be addressed […]