A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The family of murdered blogger Yameen Rasheed has expressed concern over the closed hearings of the seven defendants charged with his death. Yameen, a prominent blogger and Internet activist, was stabbed to death in April and was found with multiple stab wounds in the stairway of his apartment building in Malé. He died soon after […]
Maldives: political and human rights are deteriorating The European Parliament deplores the crackdown on political opponents in the Maldives and calls on the government to drop all charges against former president Mohamed Nasheed and to release, immediately and unconditionally all those being held for political reasons, including Jumhoory Party former leader, Qasim Ibrahim. The government […]
A 40-year-old Bangladeshi man has been found dead with severe head wounds at a Hulhumalé construction site, prompting concern and regret from the country’s ambassador. Police told media that the man was found dead at a Damas Construction site at around 8:20 am. They have yet to say whether they are treating the death as murder. […]
The Maldivian seaplane partly submerged in Hulhule lagoon after its crash landing. PHOTO/READER The Maldives Civil Aviation Authority has launched a probe after a seaplane crash-landed in the lagoon of the Maldives’ main airport island, Hulhule, on Wednesday. The seaplane, of the national carrier Maldivian, fell due to strong turbulence during its descent. Ali Nashath, […]
Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue popularly known as Teo Nguema is the most extravagant Vice President in Africa. And his father is the most brutal dictator of modern-day Africa. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has been the president of Equatorial Guinea for the last 38 years. The 75-year-old president has ruled the tiny oil-rich Central African state […]
A road in Hulhumale. PHOTO/AMIN CONSTRUCTION An expatriate was found dead with severe head wounds in reclaimed suburb Hulhumale early Thursday. An official of Aasandha Company, which manages Hulhumale Hospital, stated that Police brought in the expat around 9:00 a.m. “We don’t know what happened yet,” said the official, adding that the hospital had pronounced him […]
High Court of Maldives PHOTO:Nishan Ali/Mihaaru The Prosecutor General’s Office has requested the High Court to defer the execution of a convicted juvenile’s imprisonment after it surfaced that he received the wrong sentence due to an administrative error by the PG’s Office. It emerged last week that the magistrate court of Landhoo in Noonu atoll […]
The number ’45’ written across the ocean surrounding Kurumba Maldives using speedboats, to mark the resort’s 45th anniversary on October 3, 2017. PHOTO / KURUMBA MALDIVES The first tourist resort opened in the Maldives, Kurumba Maldives, celebrated its 45th anniversary on Tuesday. Whilst this was an impressive feat on its own, an aerial photograph that […]