A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The Maldives has lashed out at the European Parliament after it called for individual targeted sanctions over “the deteriorating political and human rights situation in the Maldives and the increasingly authoritarian rule of President Abdulla Yameen”. European lawmakers passed a resolution Thursday urging Maldivian authorities to reform the judiciary, release political prisoners, and to guarantee […]
An old man’s confession Today morning, my sleep got disrupted by some loud sound. I couldn’t clearly make out what the sound was. Though, the sound was familiar enough but either I have trouble hearing or I have become too immune to these sounds. It must have been another blast somewhere. My body is all […]
Today, the island country surrounded by clear waters is losing its shimmer when the sun overheads its beaches. The beauty of any nation is validated by its people living in peace and harmony but ironically, the beauty on the outside remains in Maldives but on the inside, the political shift has made the shimmer go […]
The following is a transcript of the video: IPU TV: So very warm welcome to IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union) TV exclusively, I mean, IPU TV is going to launch from today and this is the first time on 136 assembly from Bangladesh. We are going to launch this IPU TV. So we have a very special […]
by Azra Naseem If you want an example of how people in power try to create your reality, Yameen’s bash tonight to launch The Real PPM is a classic Fact is, The Real PPM is a thing that does not exist. At least not as a political party. PPM is a registered party of some […]