A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
MP Abdulla Riyaz pictured outside the Criminal Court. The Criminal Court on Wednesday handed over the official documents to Jumhoory Party’s deputy leader and Kinbidhoo MP Abdullah Riyaz in relation to the new charges levied against him, indicating that his trial will soon be underway. The opposition leader is being charged for Influencing Official Conduct […]
Farish being taken back to jail after court hearing. PHOTO/MIHAARU Dhiggaru MP Faris Maumoon heavily criticized the government and accused them of obstructing his rights during his court hearing on Tuesday. Faris was charged over offering bribes to a parliament member. His critical comments during Tuesday’s hearing came after the state shrugged off his lawyers’ concerns […]
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 […]
Environment ministry’s senior policy executive, Mohamed Haanim, speaks to reporters. PHOTO/SUN ONLINE The environment ministry’s senior policy executive, Mohamed Haanim, and former commissioner of prisons, Moosa Azim, are under probe for illegally sending off Ibrahim “Safa” Shafaaz Abdulla to Sri Lanka while he was imprisoned for a drug case. The Criminal Court is investigating the […]
Crime scene barrier tape A man who stole clothes off a drying rack in a house in capital Male has been sentenced to four months and 24 days in prison by the Criminal Court. The court revealed on Sunday that the man was sentenced on two separate charges last week for the crime that he […]
The entrance to the criminal court in the capital Male. MIHAARU FILE PHOTO/NISHAN ALI The Criminal Court has gone into recess, affective December 16, till the end of the month, the court declared Sunday. According to the court, even though it would be temporarily halting some hearings, it would still hear remand cases and continue […]
MP Abdulla Riyaz pictured outside the Criminal Court. Opposition Jumhoory Party (JP)’s deputy leader and Kinbidhoo MP Abdullah Riyaz has claimed that the government is defying the Criminal Court’s verdict by barring the party’s leader Qasim Ibrahim from seeking proper medical treatment. Speaking to Mihaaru on Sunday, JP’s deputy leader highlighted how the court had […]
The elderly man who has been accused of sexually assaulting four sisters on the back of a motorbike in the capital Male. Reportedly he fled from his island when the allegations surfaced and moved to Male — The Criminal Court on Tuesday freed an elderly man who was accused of sexually assaulting four sisters in […]
MP Abdulla Riyaz pictured outside the Criminal Court. The state prosecution has forwarded another indictment against opposition Jumhoory Party’s deputy leader Abdulla Riyaz to the Criminal Court. The lawmaker of Kinbidhoo constituency is already charged with trespassing for forcefully entering the parliament house premises last July despite the army barring entry. His latest indictment is […]