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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 […]

A joint letter signed by 30 human rights organisations worldwide has requested the Maldives’ president, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on 7 April 2021 to provide the legal basis for the unfair administrative action against the Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) in December 2019. The letter was sent in response to President Solih’s recent comments, on 10 March […]

މޯލްޑިވިއަން ޑިމޮކްރަސީ ނެޓްވަރކްއިން އިންސާފު ހޯދުމަށް ކުރަމުންދާ މަސައްކަތައް ހުރަސް އެޅުމަށް ރައީސް އިބްރާހިމް މުޙައްމަދު ސޯލިހު ކުރައްވާ މަސައްކަތް ހުއްޓެވުމަށް ގޮވާލާ ގުޅިފައިވާ ޖަމްޢިއްޔާތަކުގެ ސިޓީއާއި ގުޅޭ ދުނިޔޭގެ އެކި ޤައުމުތަކުގެ އިންސާނީ ޙައްޤުތަކަށް މަސައްކަތްކުރަމުންދާ 30 ޖަމާއަތެއް ގުޅިގެން 8 އޭޕްރީލް 2021 ވަނަ ދުވަހުގައި ވަނީ ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ އިބްރާހިމް މުޙައްމަދު ސާލިހުއަށް ސިޓީއެއް ފޮނުވާފައެވެ. އެ ސިޓީގައި، 2019 ވަނަ އަހަރުގެ ޑިސެމްބަރު މަހުގައި މޯލްޑިވިއަން ޑިމްކޮރަސީ ނެޓްވަރކް (އެމް.ޑީ.އެން) އާއި ދެކޮޅަށް […]