Authorities in the Maldives transferred former vice president Ahmed Adeeb to house arrest on Tuesday. Adeeb, who is serving out a 33-year prison sentence, underwent surgery to remove kidney stones and was being treated at Malé’s Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital. While the Maldives Correctional Service (MCS) confirmed that Adeeb was being placed under house arrest, [...]
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Maldives court detains former president for money-laundering trial
The Maldives Criminal Court on Monday ordered authorities to take former president Abdulla Yameen into custody until the conclusion of his trial on money-laundering charges. The 59-year-old former president, who lost the presidential election in September, is charged with depositing USD $1 million into his private account by the SOF and using money stolen from [...]
Maldives High Court overturns conviction of opposition leader
The High Court of Maldives overturned a bribery conviction against opposition leader Qasim Ibrahim on Monday. The charge was overturned due to procedural violations by the Criminal Court. Ibrahim was accused of bribing lawmakers in order to support a no-faith motion against the parliamentary speaker. The trial was accused of violating due process violations and being [...]
The Supreme Court of the Maldives on Sunday rejected a petition from President Abdulla Yameen to annul the results of the September 23 election and start an investigation into vote-rigging and electoral fraud. The court ruling was unanimous. Yameen lost the election by 38,653 votes. There were a total of 233,877 votes cast in the [...]
Maldives top court overturns former president's prison sentence
The Supreme Court of the Maldives on Thursday overturned the prison term for the country’s former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. The Maldives Criminal Court had convicted Gayoom in June of obstruction of justice for refusing to turn his cellphone over to police during an investigation into his involvement with a plan to overthrow the government. [...]
Investigation reveals Maldives government corruption days before election
The Organized Crime and Corrupt Reporting Project (OCCRP) released materials on Tuesday detailing widespread corruption within the ranks of the Maldives government just days before a presidential election. The reports allege that members of the Maldives government fraudulently conveyed at least 50 of the country’s tropical islands to foreign investors and pocketed much of the proceeds. President Abdulla [...]
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UN rights committee urges Maldives to allow former president to run for office
The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) released a report on Monday finding that the judicial proceedings under which former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed were convicted "contained serious flaws and violated his right to a...
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The prosecutor general of the Maldives brought charges against 11 current and former government officials Tuesday. The charges include attempting to overthrow the government, attempting an act of terrorism, and giving and receiving bribes. The people named in...