Category: Press
Press Release – Eight years without justice: the enforced disappearance of Ahmed Rilwan Abdullah (Eng)
8 August 2022 Today marks eight years since Ahmed Rilwan Abdullah (28), a journalist and popular blogger of http://moyameehaa.blogspot.com/ was abducted at knifepoint and disappeared. It is believed that he was attacked by violent extremists who alleged that he was an offender against Islam. In addition to other socio-political issues, Rilwan wrote extensively about violent…
Press Release: Threats and intimidation against Right to Information practitioner Aimon Latheef by an employee at the Male’ City Council (Eng)
7 April 2022 For immediate release Aiman Latheef, a RTI practitioner working our organisation on the RTI 37 project conducted in collaboration with the National Democratic Institute (NDI), received direct threats and intimidation from a person who telephoned him from the Male’ City Council on 6 Aprill 2022. The phone call was received after a…
Press Statement: Yameen Rasheed’s murder trial verdict (Eng)
20 January 2022 For immediate release. The Criminal Court’s conviction on 19 January 2022 of two, the acquittal of four, accused in Maldivian blogger and human rights defender, Yameen Rasheed’s murder trial. Yameen Rasheed, 29, a prominent Maldivian blogger and human rights defender, was brutally murdered on 23 April 2017. The Criminal Court trial began…
Press Statement: International Human Rights Day 2021
Press Statement International Human Rights Day 2021 Maldives: Legislative changes have no impact when applied selectively. As we mark the International Human Rights Day this year, we stand in solidarity with human rights defenders around the world who continue to fight for the rights of the people, despite the many challenges and risks. We remember…