In the News
powered by Ovast-
Maldives Military Arrests Top Judge, Spark Protest
thestate.com 4 weeks, 1 day agoThe Maldives' military has arrested the chief justice of the country's criminal court after he released an opposition leader who had been detained without a warrant for allegedly defaming the government. Monday's arrest of Judge Abdulla Mohamed has prompted all courts in Maldives to boycott sessions Tuesday, in what could become a showdown between the country's first government chosen in free elections and the independent judiciary introduced by former pro-democracy political prisoner President Mohamed Nash
-
Maldives Journalists Say Gov't Intimidating Them
seattletimes.nwsource.com 3 weeks, 6 days agoThe Maldives government is threatening and harassing the media over their reporting of a political crisis and the military's arrest of the nation's top criminal court judge, a journalists' group in the Indian Ocean archipelago said Thursday.










Loading More Stories