A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The findings of the third “Rights” Side of Life Survey – a continuation of two previous surveys conducted by the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was launched on Thursday to coincide with Human Rights Day. The “Rights” Side of Life is a human rights survey […]
The Human Rights Commission (HRCM) has stated yesterday that the body will not have sufficient funding to perform its obligatory duties, as per the 2021 state budget. In a Budget Committee hearing which took place yesterday, HRCM Commissioner Moomina Waheed stated that while the commission asked for an MVR 30 million budget, only MVR 24 […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 15th October 2017. The following is a loose translation: Prison is a target of huge criticisms always. The prisoners and their lawyers always raise complaints against the poor prison conditions. However, most of the times it is ignored saying those are attempts to evade jail. […]