A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The High Court has upheld an Employment Tribunal order for the reinstatement of 22 employees sacked from the Conrad Maldives Rangali Resort in June 2011. The posts of the dismissed workers were made redundant “due to the partial closure of its guest rooms for renovation and lower occupancies,” Conrad Rangali had insisted at the time, […]
Entrance to the High Court of the Maldives. PHOTO/MIHAARU The High Court on Wednesday upheld the 16-year jail sentence issued by the Juvenile Court on one of the perpetrators behind Ahmed Nizar’s murder in July 2013. Nizar was riding a motorcycle when he was attacked by a gang wielding wooden and metal sticks in Laamu […]
Sheikh Imran Abdulla leaves the High Court after his final appeal hearing. PHOTO/MIHAARU The Supreme Court has rejected Adhaalath Party leader Sheikh Imran Abdulla’s appeal to overturn the High Court’s verdict to jail him on terrorism charges. The High Court in April upheld the Criminal Court’s ruling to sentence Imran to 12 years in jail […]
The High Court has overturned an Employment Tribunal unfair dismissal ruling over the Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort’s sacking of three local staff in 2014. Ahmed Siyad, Hussain Ali Didi and Moosa Mohamed, who were senior members of the Tourism Employees Association of Maldives, were accused of organising and joining four separate “illegal” demonstrations on the […]
Stacks of the new Ran Dhiha Faheh currency notes pictured at a MMA counter. MIHAARU PHOTO/MOHAMED SHARUHAAN The High Court upheld a verdict ordering two Maldivians to pay back EUR 26,000 they received from a German citizen, as they failed to establish that the money received was presented as a gift. Mario Arendt, a German […]
Aerial view of Sheraton Maldives Full Moon resort. The High Court on Sunday overturned the Employment Tribunal’s order to re-employ three staff who were dismissed from Sheraton Maldives Full Moon resort for participating in illegal protests. The protests were held in April and May 2014, over alleged discrimination by the management between local and expatriate […]
The two convicted of murdering Hassan Abu Bakur. PHOTO/POLICE The High Court on Monday upheld the life sentence given to the two people convicted of the murder of Hassan Abu Bakur from the island of Maafaru in Noonu Atoll. In an attempt to commit robbery, Mohamed Faisal and Ahmed Naushad had bound, gagged and held […]
Hussein Waheed: the Juvenile Court has put two people on the death row for murdering Hussein Waheed. PHOTO/POLICE The High court on Wednesday upheld the Juvenile Court’s death penalty sentence on one of the killers convicted for murdering Hussain Waheed with a sharp weapon in the capital Male. The perpetrator was a minor when the […]
Former vice president Mohamed Jameel speaks at a ceremony. The High Court on Thursday handed a retrial for the death threat case filed by former Vice President Dr Mohamed Jameel against Ahmed Rasheed from the island of Maaembudhu in Dhaalu Atoll. A court had previously acquitted Rasheed of all charges. Dr Jameel filed the case […]