28 September 2023 On this International Day for Universal Access to Information, we, as members of civil society, come together to underscore the pivotal role of the online realm in fostering universal access to information. As the world becomes increasingly digital, it’s imperative that the online information spaces are protected, nurtured, and enhanced to ensure…
Category: Press
Press Release (Eng) – Nine years have passed since journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla was forcibly abducted, and there is still no justice.
Press release 8 August 2023 Nine years have passed since journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla was forcibly abducted, and there is still no justice. A journalist at the Maldives’ Independent, Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla was a young man with a love for literature, the Dhivehi language, and culture. He was someone who enjoyed immense popularity among the…
Joint Press Release: Stop the use of Conductive Energy Devices (Tasers) by the Maldives Police Service.
9 March 2023 The undersigned organizations condemn the lack of transparency and arbitrary nature of the decision of the Maldives Police Service to begin using Conductive Energy Devices (CEDs), namely the Taser 7, from 26 February 2023. We call on the Minister of Home Affairs and the Commissioner of Police to immediately stop its use…
Joint Press Release: Maldives – Protect the rights to expression, peaceful assembly and association, and halt the obstruction of protests.
10 January 2023: We, the undersigned organisations, strongly condemn the continuedobstruction of peaceful protests, and the unjustified arrest of peaceful protestors and mediapersonnel by the Maldives Police Service during the series of protests that have taken place as aresponse to the sentencing of former President Abdulla Yameen. The freedoms of right to expression, peaceful assembly…
Press Release (ENG) – The enforced disappearance of journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdullah on 8 August 2014: Regarding information provided by the Presidential Commission on Deaths and Disappearances via press conference on 15 December 2022.
Rilwan and Yameen Foundation, ADM 28 December 2022 We thank the Commission on Deaths and Disappearances for sharing further information about the investigation into the enforced disappearance of journalist and blogger Ahmed Rilwan Abdullah in August 2014. We appreciate that the Commission has revealed new information surrounding the disappearance and eventual fate of Rilwan, and…
Press Release – Stop delaying minimum wage for migrant workers, sign the Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families (Eng)
26 September 2022 We condemn in the strongest terms, the government’s decision to indefinitely postpone the minimum wage for migrant workers in the Maldives. Setting a minimum wage is one of the key election pledges of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. We call upon the government to uphold the Maldives Constitution and adhere to the state’s…