A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Lawyer Hisan Hussain. PHOTO/MIHAARU On Sunday, the Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) revoked the suspension of lawyers, Hisaan Hussain and Ibrahim Riffath, who was suspended over submitting a petition to the Supreme Court raising concerns over the judicial system and calling to uphold the rule of law. DJA stated in its announcement that it was […]
Some of the suspended lawyers pictured at a press conference. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU The Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) on Wednesday revoked the suspension of eight more lawyers who were suspended for submitting a petition to the Supreme Court raising concerns about the judiciary and calling to uphold the rule of law. Fifty-four lawyers submitted […]
Legal teams have been decimated and trials could end up paralysed because of the mass suspension of lawyers in the Maldives, a United Nations rights expert said Monday. The comments from the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Diego García-Sayán, follow the suspension triggered by scores of lawyers calling for judicial […]
Former Attorney General Husnu Al-Suood with the copy of the “big” Constitution that was presented to the Attorney General’s Office. PHOTO / TWITTER The Law Association for Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA), a regional association of legal representatives, has decided to send a delegation on a fact finding mission to the Maldives. According to a […]
Hisaan Hussain (L) and Husnu al-Suood, two of 54 lawyers suspended for submitting an “unlawful” petition to the Supreme Court, speak to the press regarding their suspension and the petition. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU The Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) on Monday revoked the suspension of 13 lawyers, who were among 54 legal representatives suspended for […]
Lawyers gathered in front of the Supreme Court to submit a petition raising concerns over the Maldivian judiciary. After the Supreme Court of the Maldives suspended 54 lawyers for submitting a petition raising concerns about the judiciary and urging to uphold the rule of law earlier this month, 35 other lawyers have gotten together to […]
It was one of biggest efforts at legal reform in the Maldives in recent years. On August 30, More than 20 lawyers, including a former attorney general, former solicitor general and former deputy prosecutor general, gathered outside the Supreme Court in the island country’s capital, Male. They had with them a 14-point petition endorsed by […]
Ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) Secretary-General and Nilandhoo MP Abdullah Khaleel (L) with the party’s deputy leader and Fonadhoo MP Abdul Raheem Abdullah at a press conference held at the party’s headquarters on September 12, 2017. MIHAARU PHOTO / NISHAN ALI Ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) on Tuesday welcomed and congratulated the Department […]
Lawyers gathered in front of the Supreme Court to submit a petition raising concerns over the Maldivian judiciary. The European Union and British Ambassador to the Maldives on Monday criticized the mass suspension of over 50 lawyers in the archipelago over an “unlawful” petition they submitted to the Supreme Court. In a tweet posted late […]