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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
- protest disruption
- public vilification

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 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

Criminal defamation law repealed but those expressing critical views still at risk
Published at
30.01.2019
Country
Maldives
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- religious groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- criminal defamation
- non state actors

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

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
- enforced disappearance
- protest
- restrictive law

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

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

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

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