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Time for All Political Parties to Work Together to Reform Judiciary – MDP 25 Feb 2013 | 09:09 pm
The Maldives Democratic Party (MDP) today responded to the preliminary observations of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Ms. Gabriela Knaul, by stating t...
MDP Welcomes CMAG's Decision to Continue to Watch Maldives Situation 29 Sep 2012 | 08:55 pm
The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has welcomed the decision of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group to continue monitoring the human rights situation in the Maldives and place the country in t...
Concluding Statement - Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) 29 Sep 2012 | 02:17 pm
NEW YORK, 28 SEPTEMBER 2012 1. The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) held its Thirty-Eighth Meeting in New York on 28 September 2012. 2. The Meeting was attended by Hon Sato Kil...
MDP Criticizes Politically Motivated Detention of President Nasheed 26 Sep 2012 | 01:38 pm
The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has criticized as politically motivated the Hulhumale’ Megistrate Court's detention of former President Nasheed. In a notice to the defendant issued on Tuesday ev...
Democracy not a destination but a journey – Don McKinnon 13 Sep 2012 | 09:03 am
The Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to Maldives, Sir Donald McKinnon, said the Report of the Commission of National Inquiry is a turning point for the country to leave the past behind a...
Political Party talks scheduled for Tuesday to resolve political crisis in the Maldives Islands 12 Aug 2012 | 05:35 pm
Former Vice President Dr. Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik have agreed to accept the Maldivian Democratic Party's offer of dialogue to agree on a way forward from the country's current political crisis. W...
UN High Commissioner Condemns "Excessive Force" and "Brutality" in the Maldives 18 Jul 2012 | 04:55 pm
The Spokesperson of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, today gave a press conference in Geneva on the human rights situation in the Maldives, in which he express...
Maldivian Democratic Party Condemns Politically Motivated Charges Against President Nasheed 17 Jul 2012 | 05:36 pm
The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) strongly condemns the regime of Dr. Mohamed Waheed for instigating politically motivated charges against former President Nasheed in an apparent attempt to prevent...
UN Expresses Concern at Reprisals Against Maldives Human Rights Defenders 16 Jul 2012 | 05:37 pm
The UN Committee on Human Rights, the premier international treaty body mandated to ensure implementation by governments of the ICCPR, today expressed deep concern at reports that government supporter...
Targeted Arrests and Intimidation of Women Protesters 15 Jul 2012 | 05:29 am
The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) condemns in the strongest terms the targeted intimidation of women protesters by Dr. Waheed’s regime. During over five months of ongoing peaceful protests against ...
