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The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) welcome the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee’s (CCPR’s) recommendations to the Maldives on key civil and political rights and urge the Maldivian government to take immediate action to implement them, including the recommendations to reinstate MDN and return its seized funds. […]

We, the undersigned organisations, call on the government of the Maldives to immediately halt preparations for the Maldives Police Service (MPS) to be issued Taser guns or any other form of conductive energy devices (CEDs). The Maldives Police Service has a long history of impunity for police brutality and torture, and has ignored recommendations from […]

Maldives, 19 December 2022 Today marks three years since the government of Maldives arbitrarily cancelled our registration and launched a baseless, politically motivated investigation for blasphemy against the four authors of our 2015 Preliminary Assessment of Radicalisation in the Maldives. The actions of the government against MDN are in direct violation of its international human […]

ނޫސްބަޔާން އޮގަސްޓް 8 ,2022 ދިގުދެމިގެންވާ އަނިޔާއެއް – ރިލްވާންގެ އާއިލާއަށް 8 އަހަރުދުވަހުންވެސް އިންސާފު ނުލިބުނު އަނިޔާވެރި ގޮތަކަށް އަޙްމަދު ރިލްވާން އަބްދުﷲ ގެއްލުވައިލައި، އޭނާގެ އާއިލާ އާއި ރަހުމަތްތެރިންގެ ކިބައިން ރަހީނުކުރިތާ 8 އަހަރު ދުވަސް ވެއްޖެއެވެ. 2018 ވަނަ އަހަރުގެ ނޮވެމްބަރު މަހުގައި އިންތިހާބުކުރި އައު ސަރުކާރުން މި ޖަރީމާ ތަހުގީގުކުރުމަށްޓަކައި މަރުތަކާއި ގެއްލުވައިލާފައިވާ މީހުންގެ މައްސަލަ ތަހުގީގުކުރާ ކޮމިޝަން އުފައްދަވައިފައި ވީނަމަވެސް، އިންސާފު ހޯދައިދިނުމަކީ ސިޔާސީ ވެރިން މާބޮޑަށް ފަހަތައް ޖައްސައިލާފައި […]

Maldives, 8 August 2022 It has been eight years since journalist, human rights defender, and blogger, Ahmed Rilwan Abdullah, was violently taken from his family and friends. Despite a change in government commitment in November 2018 to resolving Rilwan’s forced disappearance and despite the establishment of the Deaths and Disappearances Commission (DDCom), justice appears as […]

Maldives, 21 June 2022 Police lack of preventive measures amid threats raises alarming concerns about the security and safety of Maldivian society. Many recent events are the manifestation of several concerns raised by MDN in its 2015 report on violent extremism. A month ago, senior staff at one of the oldest schools in the capital […]

19th World Day Against the Death Penalty- 10 October 2021 As we mark the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty dedicated to women facing capital punishment, who have been sentenced to death, who have been executed or who have been pardoned or found not guilty, the members of the World Coalition Against the Death […]

Press Release 12 May 2021 Maldives: Regarding the 6 May 2021 terrorist attack on the Speaker of Parliament, former President Mohamed Nasheed On Thursday, 6 May 2021 an IED aimed at the Speaker of Parliament and former president of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed, exploded in Male’, injuring Nasheed and five other people. After 16 hours of […]

Your Excellency, Honourable Speaker of The People’s Majlis, President Mohamed Nasheed. We, the Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) write to call for action to ensure justice for Yameen Rasheed. Today marks four years since Maldivian human rights defender and blogger Yameen Rasheed was brutally stabbed to […]