9 January 2024: We are deeply concerned by the decision made by the new Visitor Economy Council, headed by President Mohamed Muizzu, to develop a floating resort in the ecologically significant island of HDh. Keylakunu. We call on the government to halt any impending development activities at Hdh. Keylakunu and declare it a nature reserve to protect the rare…
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Joint Press Release by Maldivian CSO Coalition in Solidarity with the State of Palestine
10th December 2023 – As we mark the International Human Rights day, and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the undersigned Maldivian civil society organisations condemn the continued genocide and occupation in Palestine by the apartheid regime of Israel. The 2023 Human Rights Day theme of “Freedom, Equality and Justice for…
Joint Press Release: On the occasion of International Human Rights Day
COALITION FOR OPEN GOVERNANCE (COG) Joint Press Release On the occasion of International Human Rights Day 10 December 2023 MALDIVES – As the world celebrates 75 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the most urgent human rights issue facing the Maldives is the existential threat to our nation and our people due…
Joint Press Release: Civil Society Organisations renew calls to end impunity for crimes against journalists in the Maldives (Eng)
28 November 2023 Maldives Journalists Association (MJA), Transparency Maldives,Association for Democracy in the Maldives (ADM), International Federation of Journalists (IFJ),Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urge the Government of Maldives toexpedite investigations and for the relevant authorities to pursue, where evidence permits,prosecutions to end impunity for serious crimes against journalists in the Maldives….
Joint Press Release: Celebrating the International Day for Universal Access to Information – The importance of the online space for access to information
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…
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…