18-year-old stabbed last night at Thinadhoo
An 18-year-old identified by local media as Ibrahim Shifaaz was stabbed at Gaaf Dhaal Thinadhoo last night (October 15). While speaking to local news outlet Dhuvas, assistant manager of Thinadhoo...
View ArticleMPs debate restricting constitutional rights after arrest
The People’s Majlis yesterday accepted legislation that proposes restricting the constitutional rights to remain silent and retain legal counsel for suspects arrested for violent assault.
View ArticleFailure to prosecute serious crimes tantamount to “state-sponsored...
In a statement issued yesterday on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the opposition leader accused senior government officials and elements of the police of complicity in abductions,...
View ArticleFamily of missing Maail criticise police response
Family of the 24-year-old Abdulla Maail,reported missing from an uninhabited island in Shaviyani Atoll 12 days ago, have criticised the police's investigation, suggesting a slow response and lack of...
View ArticleSpike in violence against expatriate workers; two murdered, two stabbed
A 25-year old Bangladeshi national Shaheen Mia was stabbed to death in a Malé café in the early hours of the morning on Sunday, while a Bangladeshi national identified as Bilal was found dead in Alif...
View ArticleProsecutor general criticises law enforcement amid spike in violence
Gangsters and murderers remain on the loose because laws are not being implemented, not because the laws themselves are inadequate, the prosecutor general has said.
View ArticleGovernment to stop flow of Maldivians joining jihad
The government is working on a new law to deter a growing number of Maldivians seeking to join radical Islamic movements in Iraq and Syria.
View ArticleUnderage murder suspect transferred to house arrest
The juvenile court has transferred a suspect in the murder of 19-year-old Ahmed Aseel to house arrest after the minor's family said he has depression.
View ArticlePolice deny rumoured pregnancy of Fuvahmulah child prostitution victim
Underaged female victims of a child prostitution ring uncovered in Fuvahmulah last week is not pregnant despite media reports to the contrary, the police have said.
View ArticleVictim’s family welcomes Interpol red notice for murder suspect
The family of murder victim Ahmed Jailam Shakir has welcomed an Interpol red notice issued to locate a suspect and a High Court order for the criminal court to accept the case.
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