South Asians for Human Rights, a regional network of human rights defenders is deeply concerned by the political crisis that has engulfed the Maldives following President Abdulla Yameen’s increasingly authoritarian and undemocratic actions. On 1 February, the Supreme Court of Maldives overturned terrorism charges against nine dissidents including exiled former…
South Asians for Human Rights, a regional network of human rights defenders, is dismayed to observe the ongoing deterioration of social and political freedoms in the Maldives with the latest being an attack on a human rights defender, Shahindha Ismail, the Executive Director of Maldives Democracy Network. SAHR condemns these…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional human rights network is deeply disturbed by the horrific murder of Yameen Rasheed, a 29 year old Maldivian writer and activist, on 23 April 2017. It is alarming to learn about the consistent inaction of the police despite the repeated complaints to…
Concerns with regard to early recall from medical leave given to three Maldivian political detainees have been brought to the attention of South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders. SAHR is deeply concerned about these decisions taken by the government authorities which violate the…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) a regional network of human rights defenders, vehemently condemns the violent police crackdown of the peaceful sit –in protest carried out by journalists in front of the President’s office and the arrest of 16 journalists in Male on 3 April. These journalists reportedly were…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, condemns the attack on the Maldivian Democratic Party’s Deputy Leader Rozaina Adam. The Member of Parliament (MP) was reportedly attacked by the Majority Leader in the Maldives Parliament during the parliamentary session on 24 February 2016. SAHR…
