A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Abdulla Ziyath, the former Managing Director of Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), has pleaded to 32 charges related to corruption brought against him in the Criminal Court on Monday. The state accuses Ziyath of being involved in the embezzlement of USD 50.7 million (MVR 781 million) in the leasing of uninhabited islands in the […]
Parliament of Maldives, on last Tuesday, has begun debates over the amendments put forward to the Maldives Anti-Human Trafficking Act. Jeehan Mohamed, the Parliamentary representative of Lhaviyani Atoll’s Hinnavaru constituency proposed the most notable amendment in the bill which intends to expand the legal terminology of human trafficking. The current legal definition of human trafficking […]
The Parliament’s Judiciary Committee has voted to dismiss Juvenile Court Judge, Abdul Baaree Yoosuf. The dismissal motion was put forth by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) earlier this month and forwarded to the Judiciary Committee for further review. On Sunday, the Committee determined that the JSC made its decision in accordance with the correct procedure, […]
On Friday, the Department of Juvenile Justice was established, marking an important step in saving children that are exposed to crime. According to a tweet by Home Minister Imran Abdulla, the newly established department would help potentially protect children that are exposed to a lifestyle of crime early on. He added that the Juvenile Justice […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has ratified the Education Act (24/2020) yesterday. The Act was passed by Parliament on Monday, 26 October 2020, at the 10th sitting of its third session this year. The Act provides a framework needed to thoroughly ensure equal rights and opportunities for children and adults to pursue education, as guaranteed by […]
The Family Legal Clinic has partnered with UNDP and Ooredoo in a joint art campaign named ‘Art for Action’. The campaign was created as part of the international movement ’16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’. The aim of the campaign is to empower survivors of gender-based violence, to show them support and help them […]
Parliament Speaker and Former President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed has said that local banks will need to weigh on the bankruptcy bill that has been proposed to the Parliament before an ultimate decision can be made. The bill will also need to undergo translation from Dhivehi to English, he added. The insolvency and bankruptcy […]
The Honourable Aisha Shujune Muhammad, Justice of the Supreme Court of the Maldives, has been elected to the United Nations’ Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture and Other Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The elections were held in Geneva on Thursday. Justice Shujune won after competing with 19 other candidates for 12 seats. She […]
After a protracted freeze on transactions involving MMPRC islands, the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) has finally begun processing requests related to MMPRC islands. The freeze order came from the Presidential Commission on Corruption and Asset Recovery, fondly referred to as the Asset Recovery Commission or just “PCCAR”. The freeze instituted around mid-2019 was both unequivocal […]