Maumoon Abdul Gayoom

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  SOS From Male To Delhi: When India Thwarted A Coup In Maldives In 1988

  The Republic of Maldives is located south of Lakshadweep, and the archipelago is the smallest Asian country with a land area of 300 sq km.

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  Maldives Ex-President Says India Helped Restore Democracy

  India played a "positive" role in restoration of democracy in Maldives by "exerting pressure" on the ruling regime, and the new government in the island nation would be "sensitive" towards New Delhi's "concerns", former Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom said Sunday.

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  Jailed Maldives Ex-President Gets Bail After Yameen Abdulla's Poll Defeat

  The Maldives High Court granted former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom bail on Sunday, making him the latest jailed opponent of President Abdulla Yameen to win freedom since Yameen lost a re-election bid a week ago.

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  India Upset Over Maldives' Ex-President, Chief Justice's Prison Terms

  India today expressed its "deep dismay" over a Maldivian court sentencing the island nation's former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and the chief justice of its Supreme Court to long prison terms without a "fair trial".

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  Former Maldives President Sentenced For Obstruction Of Justice

  A Maldives court today sentenced former strongman Maumoon Abdul Gayoom accused of plotting to overthrow the government, to 19 months in prison for failing to cooperate with the police investigation.

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  "Send Envoy, Military": Maldives Ex-President Urges India Amid Crisis

  Exiled former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed today urged India to "act swiftly" to help in resolving the ongoing political crisis in the island nation that escalated after President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency and troops arrested the top judge.

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  Maldives Police Arrest Ex-President Gayoom

  Former Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was arrested Monday shortly after his estranged half-brother President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency, according to Gayoom's daughter.

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  Maldives Opposition Leader In Talks To 'Topple' President

  Exiled Maldives opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has said he is in talks with the former president, who repeatedly threw him in jail, to "legally topple" the current leader of the troubled honeymoon islands.

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  Why Human Rights Lawyer Amal Clooney is Battling Tony Blair's Wife

  Amal Clooney, an internationally renowned human rights lawyer, is known for attracting high-profile cases. In the past year alone, she represented Armenia in the European Court of Human Rights, sparred with the Egyptian government over the independence of its judiciary, and argued the case of the Chagos Islanders, an Indian Ocean people forced out ...

• Maldives Seeks Calm As Capital Battles Water Crisis

  Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen urged patience Saturday as discontent over a drinking water crisis simmered in parts of the island nation following a fire that crippled a major desalination plant.

• Abdulla Yameen sworn in as new Maldives President

  Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom was today sworn in as the sixth President of the Maldives, ending nearly two years of political turmoil that threatened to isolate the country internationally.

• Crisis-hit Maldives votes again

  The Maldives on Saturday began voting in a run-off presidential election held under intense international pressure to elect a new leader and end months of political unrest.

• Maldives crisis fears deepen despite poll announcement

  Maldives faces the prospect of a constitutional crisis after one of the main political parties warned it may not endorse plans to restage aborted elections next month.

• Attackers burn TV station in Maldives that backs ousted president Mohamed Nasheed

  Unidentified attackers set fire to the main pro-opposition television network in the Maldives today ahead of a crucial court ruling on whether suspended presidential elections should go ahead, officials said.

• Maldives govt says former president Mohamed Nasheed won't be arrested for now

  The stand-off between the Maldives government and its former president Mohamed Nasheed has de-escalated for now. The Maldives government said today Mr Nasheed will not be arrested for the time-being.