Category: Press
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,…
Joint Press release – Yameen Rasheed’s Murder: Undisclosed Findings of Investigation Leads to Mistrust (Eng)
23 April 2025 Today marks 8 years since Yameen Rasheed, a human rights defender and blogger, was murdered in the stairwell of his home in Male’. His murder followed repeated death threats, reports of which the Maldives Police Service deliberately ignored. We, the undersigned civil society groups in the Maldives, call on President Mohamed Muizzu…
Joint statement calling on President Mohamed Muizzu not to ratify the amendments to the Judicature Act of the Maldives
We, the undersigned, call on President Mohamed Muizzu not to ratify the recent amendments to the Judicature Act (law no. 22/2010) which reduces the Supreme Court bench from seven to five judges. We further call on the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to practice institutional and legal due diligence and immediately lift the sudden and questionable…
Joint Press Statement: OPEN LETTER FOR THE URGENT ATTENTION OF Minister of Agriculture and Animal Welfare, Dr. Maryam Mariya
12 February 2025, Hithadhoo, Addu City Dear Minister Dr Maryam Mariya On 25 January 2025, the Addu City Council gazetted an announcement [(IUL)426-28/426/2025/58] to build a new road in Hithadhoo, Addu City. This road is planned to cut across a significant portion of wetland area which currently, and has for many generations, been used by…
Joint Press Statement: Human Rights Violations and State Impunity in the Maldives
Joint Press StatementHuman Rights Violations and State Impunity in the Maldives 10 December 2024 As we mark 76 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we, the undersigned organisations from the Maldives, stand in solidarity with rights defenders around the world, risking and often losing their lives in the pursuit of protecting human rights…