Category: Press
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,…
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…