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Civil society calls for accountability for killing of Maldives journalist and its cover-up
- Published at
- 06.09.2019
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- HRD killing
- HRD threatened

Civil society urges new parliament to empower commission to probe murder and disappearances
- Published at
- 20.05.2019
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- prevention of protest
- HRD killing
- HRD threatened
- intimidation

Government curtails freedoms and ignores court order to release its opponents
- Published at
- 05.02.2018
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- political interference
- harassment
- censorship
- excessive force

Government declares state of emergency and detains Supreme Court judges
- Published at
- 07.02.2018
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- restrictive law

Protesters and journalists arrested and ill-treated under state of emergency
- Published at
- 19.02.2018
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- sexual assault
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- attack on journalist
- excessive force

Attacks on civic space continue with threats to dissolve opposition and jailing of judges
- Published at
- 31.05.2018
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protest

Ahead of elections, abuse of laws crippling Maldives’ nascent democracy says rights group
- Published at
- 27.08.2018
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- enforced disappearance
- protest

Political change offers opportunity for human rights reforms
- Published at
- 18.10.2018
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- positive CS development

UN Special Rapporteur raises concerns about shut down of Maldives human rights group
- Published at
- 10.03.2020
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- HRD threatened
- CSO closure

Civil society group’s funds seized in the Maldives while women’s rights organisation smeared online
- Published at
- 09.07.2020
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- protest
- public vilification
- protest disruption

UN call on Maldives to protect human rights defenders and NGOs from interference and reprisals
- Published at
- 17.11.2020
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- protest