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MDP sends warning signals to the Maldivian High Court
President Nasheed (Right) with his close friend and MDP financier Musthafa (left – wearing yellow tie)Addressing an MDP rally at the Artificial Beach on Tuesday night, MDP Parliamentary Group leader and Party voice Reeko Moosa Maniku called on th...
Maldives Elections Commission admits Thimarafushi ballot box results sheet illegal
Elections Commissioner - Mohamed IbrahimMaldives Elections Commission today admitted in High Court that the elections results sheet of the Thimarafushi ballot box was not in accordance with the Elections Regulation. A court hearing was held today fo...
Public relying on Maldives first parliament to make President Nasheed accountable
As the Maldives first parliament elected under its newly ratified constitution swears in tomorrow, the general public impatiently looks to their representatives to make President Nasheed accountable and to uphold their democratic rights and libertie...
Fearful residents of Maldives capital Male’ cower in their homes as President Nasheed hunts the opposition
Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed’s radical party Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) took to the streets of the capital Male’ today, calling for the public to join another of its violent demonstrations against opposition leader Maumoon Abdul Gay...
BREAKING NEWS
MP elect from the Baa Atoll Thulhaadhoo constituency, Nazim Rashad has confirmed he will join MDP on Dictator Nasheed's promise to initiate further land reclamation and harbour development on Thulhaadhoo as demanded by Nazim....
BREAKING NEWS
A court order has been issued for the Immigrations Department to confiscate RedWave Saleem's passport. Saleem is the member-elect from the Eydhafushi constituency for the Parliament....
NEWS ALERT
Trouble is expected on the streets of Male' tonight as Dictator Nasheed's street gangs plan to march on Alivaage' (residence of ex-president Maumoon Abdul Qayyoom) tonight. It is also rumoured that Cowboy President Nasheed has given orders to the Ma...
Maldives crackdown on opposition - President Nasheed arrests first victim, wife of opposition MP
Maldives President Nasheed cracked down on opposition last night, his first victim the young wife of Ahmed Nazim, opposition MP and Deputy Leader of opposition party People’s Alliance. In a series of raids ordered by President Nasheed, police rans...
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Voter Intimidation in Maldives - Arsonists attack Ghassan Maumoon’s High Court witness
Arsonists set fire last night to the Thimarafushi residence of Usha Rasheed, a witness in Ghassan Maumoon’s High Court appeal to annul the May 9th vote in Thimarafushi and for a fresh vote. Usha Rasheed yesterday testified in the Maldives High Cou...
Maldives President Nasheed intensifies his witch hunt of the opposition
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, today intensified his systemic campaign to persecute and crackdown on the opposition. Following his party’s massive defeat in the country’s parliamentary elections on May 9th, Nasheed immediately began a coerc...
VIDEO UPDATE: Public Gathering in front of Elections Commission on 11/05/2009
Public Gathering in front of Elections Commission on 11 May 2009.The public had gathered peacefully in front of the Elections Commission Office to demand answers frm the Commission on rumours of vote rigging in the Hulhumale' constituency. Riot poli...
Ghassan Maumoon challenges Thimarafushi election results in Supreme Court
Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon, the DRP candidate for the Thaa Atoll Thimarafushi constituency, today lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court requesting it to overturn the election results of both ballot boxes in Thaa Thimarafushi, and to order the Electio...
VIDEO: Police Tear Gas Peaceful Rally in Malé
Riot police sprayed tear gas into the peaceful gathering without provocation. Police then baton-charged the gathering, seriously injuring several members of the public, including women. Police have now cordoned off huge areas in the capital. ...
Police Tear Gas Peaceful Rally in Malé
Maldivian police tonight arbitrarily arrested parliamentary candidate for Hulhuhenveiru (T01) Ahmed Saleem (Marz Saleem) along with six others, while they were at a peaceful demonstration in Male', the capital island. He and other detainees from the...
