Category: Press
Press Release: Yameen Rasheed’s murder – the government must disclose DDCOM’s findings and reopen Investigation [Eng]
Press Release Yameen Rasheed’s murder: the government must disclose DDCOM’s findings and reopen Investigation. 23 April 2026 Today marks nine years of the heinous murder of Yameen Rasheed. He was a prominent blogger and human rights defender who had led the campaign to find the forcefully disappeared journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdullah. Yameen was found stabbed multiple…
Press Release: A Referendum Held Without Due Process Sets the Nation Back, Creates a Dangerous Precedent for Systemic Failure
RAAJJE COALITION FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE (RCG)Association for Democracy in the Maldives, Save Maldives, Mental Health Support Group, Zero Waste Maldives, and Transparency Maldives Press Release 2 April 2026, Male’, Maldives A Referendum Held Without Due Process Sets the Nation Back, Creates a Dangerous Precedent for Systemic Failure On 17 February 2026 the Elections Commission of the…
Press Release: Death and serious injury of workers at the Waste Management Corporation Ltd (WAMCO): more than an alleged crime – it raises questions over employer responsibilities, workplace safety, labour rights, and accountability.
RAAJJE COALITION FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE (RCG)Association for Democracy in the Maldives, Save Maldives, Mental Health Support Group, Zero Waste Maldives, Equal Rights Initiative, and Transparency Maldives. Press Release 1 March 2026, Male’, Maldives Death and serious injury of workers at the Waste Management Corporation Ltd (WAMCO): more than an alleged crime – it raises questions…
Press Release: The Enforced Disappearance of Ahmed Rilwan Abdullah [Eng]
8 August 2025 As we mark eleven years since Rilwan was abducted and forcefully disappeared, we remind the People’s Majlis of the Maldives and the international community that consecutive governments have not only failed to bring perpetrators of this serious violation of human rights to justice, but have also acted to derail justice and protect…
Joint press release calling on the Parliament to ensure full adherence to the Constitution in the inquiry into Supreme Court Justices [Eng]
Joint press release calling on the Parliament to ensure full adherence to the Constitution in the inquiry into Supreme Court Justices [Eng] 07 May 2025 We, the undersigned civil society organizations, express grave concerns over the recommendation by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to dismiss Supreme Court Justice Dr Azmiralda Zahir and Justice Mahaz Ali Zahir….
Joint Press Statement calling for transparency and due process of law and justice in the Investigations by the Maldives Police Service into the serious incident in Male’ on 18 April 2025 [Eng]
26 April 2025 We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are gravely concerned about the conduct of the ongoing police investigations into the tragic incident reported on 18th April 2025 involving a 21-year-old woman. At this difficult time, we extend our heartfelt wishes for her full and complete recovery. We stand in solidarity with the victim,…