A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
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 […]
Maldives Judiciary Undermining the Judicial reform 30% of Maldives Lawyers suspended Judicial System being influenced by the President Democratic gains in the Maldives have eroded Under The current Regime Recently, The Department of Judicial Administration has suspended at least 54 lawyers and have charged them with contempt of court for filing a petition demanding the […]
In the Maldives, as next year’s elections approach, the Government is increasingly cracking down on critical views. After several Members of Parliament were stripped of their seats following an attempted no-confidence vote against the Speaker, and the unprecedented lock-down by the military on 24 July, the Parliament remains paralysed, and several of its Members and […]
Since the Presidential elections of 2013, our country’s situation is just going backwards. From a new wave of democracy, we are going back to dictatorship. But one thing which Maldives has never witnessed until now was the economic crises. And the PPM Government took it upon themselves to make us feel like living in a […]
Honorable, 11 member countries of WHO (South east asia region), this is an open letter to you on behalf of each Maldivian fighting for justice. We have always been peaceful people living on a beautiful island country of indian ocean but today it is the time that we must become peacefully furious and find our […]
These sun-kissed islands, this evening cloudy sky, these serene sea sides, full of tranquillity, away from chaos. I feel my heartbeat shifting at ease. As I take each step, barefoot on the sand of my country.Clean, blue water of my country has seen me through thick and thin.As I move towards my home in Male […]