Category: Press

20 January 2022 For immediate release. The Criminal Court’s conviction on 19 January 2022 of two, the acquittal of four, accused in Maldivian blogger and human rights defender, Yameen Rasheed’s murder trial. Yameen Rasheed, 29, a prominent Maldivian blogger and human rights defender, was brutally murdered on 23 April 2017. The Criminal Court trial began…

Press Statement International Human Rights Day 2021 Maldives: Legislative changes have no impact when applied selectively. As we mark the International Human Rights Day this year, we stand in solidarity with human rights defenders around the world who continue to fight for the rights of the people, despite the many challenges and risks. We remember…

Press Statement 7 December 2021 Publication of information by local clerics that contradict the amendments to the Sexual Offenses Act We welcome the ratification (6.12.2021) of the amendments to the Law Number 17/2014 (Sexual Offences Act) that re-defines marital rape as opposed to the limited provisions enforced previously.  We also note that these changes have…

Press Statement The Rilwan & Yameen Foundation 9 February 2021 In relation to information publicised by the Commission on Deaths and Disappearances The family of forcefully disappeared journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdullah notes the following after observing the information made public by the Commission on Deaths and Disappearance of 9 February 2021. Rilwan’s family raised concern…