Despite international pressure the Maldives will reintroduce the death penalty after a 60-year moratorium to try and reduce the rising number of murders and stop drug trafficking, a senior advisor to President Abdulla Yameen said on Tuesday. The United Nations and Amnesty International have urged the government not to reintroduce the death penalty by hanging, […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 22nd August 2017. The following is a loose translation: There are many reasons why one-third of the Maldives population live in the capital city, Malé. For a job, education, and other family reasons most Maldivians are obliged to move and live in Malé city. However, […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Vfp.mv website on 5th August 2017. The following is a loose translation: When existing problems in Malé are overwhelmingly high, the one problem that make its top mark is, forcing Maldivians from different parts of the country to live in the already densely populated Malé city (due to […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 12th August 2017. The following is a loose translation: – Growing number of young delinquents falling prey to extremist religious ideology – Some sheiks behind Islamic radicalization – The extremist’s atrocities reached to serious levels With claims of heresy against Prophet Muhammad’s Sunnah, are there […]
Both children were suffering from blindness caused by Advanced Keratoconus The surgeon implemented a FIRST OF ITS KIND procedure, Corneal Stromal Augmentation to correct the disorder Both the MALDIVIAN kids have regained vision improvement close to 100% Two Maldivian children suffering from blindness due to an eye disorder called advanced keratoconus got their vision fully […]
by Azra Naseem In the early hours of the morning on 8 August 2014, journalist and blogger Ahmed Rilwan (28), was captured on CCTV boarding a ferry from Male’ to Hulhumale’. It is the last known and verifiable movements of Rilwan who, it has been widely reported, was abducted later that morning from his apartment in […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 15th July 2017. The following is a loose translation: When asked about his earliest memories he started sharing about a story that took place more than 100 years ago. It was of Sultan Shamsuddeen’s reign, how Maldives was back then and about how he spent […]
by Anonymous The use of torture as a tool of citizen oppression is a hallmark of dictatorships. The past and recent histories of the Maldives have been defined by authoritarian rule with a flimsy façade of overt calmness and order. This belied the covert systemic use of torture in the country’s prisons, which has been […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Raajje.com website on 5th June 2017. The following is a loose translation: – Habeeb said, even though, he is a toddy tapper, as long he is loyal to people, anything could be made possible – After swearing in as a councilman, Habeeb climbed and tapped a coconut tree […]