Maldives crisis: Police arrests chief justice on corruption charges; Opposition terms Emergency 'unconstitutional'
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe unprecedented incident took place just hours after President Abdulla Yameen had declared a state of emergency after refusing to comply with the supreme court's Thursday order to release political dissidents.
Maldivian government resisting Supreme Court order to free political prisoners, alleges Opposition
• 7 years agoThe Maldivian Opposition accused President Abdulla Yameen of resisting local and international pressure to comply with a landmark Supreme Court order to free nine political prisoners
Maldives: Troops evict opposition MPs from parliament amid failed attempt to impeach speaker
• 8 years agoSecurity forces physically ejected protesting MPs from the Maldives parliament on Monday in chaotic scenes during a failed opposition attempt to impeach the speaker and destabilise the president ahead of elections next year.
Maldives govt strips Nasheed of his party membership
Fp Archives • 10 years agoIn a major setback to jailed former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed, the government on Monday stripped him from the membership of his party under a new law banning prisoners from political party membership.
Ex-Maldives President Mohammed Nasheed not to appeal 13-year jail term
Fp Archives • 10 years agoFormer Maldivian president Mohammed Nasheed, sentenced to 13 years in jail under anti-terrorism laws, has decided not to appeal his conviction citing that the court has not released all the documents related to the case which are important for "a meaningful defence".