A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Photo: SunOnline A 24-year-old man has been arrested on Rasdhoo island in Alif Alif atoll for allegedly attacking a member of the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives. SunOnline reported the suspect was remanded for 10 days. The injured man, Ahmed Waheed, was treated in hospital on Rasdhoo. He sustained minor head injuries. Waheed ran for […]
Local market stalls in the capital are leased to those favoured by ruling party lawmakers, a leaked Viber chat log has shown. The log, believed to be from the Progressive Party of Maldives parliamentary group, shows a message from MP Ahmed Nihan. “Today, the housing ministry informed me that stalls will be given as per […]
A street in L. Mundoo. FILE PHOTO/POLICE The court has added seven days to the remand of Laamu atoll Mundoo island’s deputy councillor Adam Nasif, who was arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman on Sunday night. The 30-year-old councillor and a 19-year-old had been arrested in relation to this case. A spokesperson for the police […]
Raudha Athif, a medical student and Maldivian model, who was found dead in her hostel in Bangladesh: authorities have ruled her death a suicide according to the autopsy report but her family has raised suspicions that it was murder. PHOTO/INSTAGRAM Bangladeshi police have launched another investigation into the death Raudha Athif, the Maldivian medical student […]
A 24-year-old man has been arrested on the island Kalaidhoo in Laamu atoll on charges of blackmailing a minor for sexual favours, according to local media. He was sentenced to 15 days detention by Isdhoo Magistrate court. Under the Maldives Constitution, a person arrested on suspicion of a crime is required to be brought before […]
Yameen Rasheed, 29, a popular social media activist and blogger was found murdered early April 23, 2017. The Criminal Court decided to cancel the trail for the murder of renown Maldivian blogger Yameen Rasheed, who was killed brutally last year April. The state is charging six individuals for homicide with a sharp object while a […]
Photo: Sun.mv Esa Khaleel, a former councillor of Malé Atoll Kaashidhoo, was found dead Sunday in a dinghy at the island’s harbour. Ali Sultan, Kaashidhoo island council’s current president, told the Maldives Independent that youths found him lying unconscious on a dinghy at around 3pm. The dinghy was not tied to the jetty and was floating […]
A man arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a teenage girl has been detained for 15 days, reports local media. The 34-year-old, who was arrested on the island of Thinadoo in Gaaf Dhaal atoll, was taken to the island’s magistrate court last night. Under the Maldives Constitution, a person arrested on suspicion of […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 7th January 2018. The following is a loose translation: Most won’t like to talk about rape or inhumane abuse. Even when we approached a few on the street some women replied, ‘We do not want to talk on such a topic.’ For the girl who […]