Perspectives on law, history and public life in the Maldives.
In the year 1985, a vivid childhood memory etched itself into my mind. I, barely 13 years old, watched with unbridled curiosity as the charismatic Nawaz Shareef landed in a helicopter in Faisalabad, destined to later become Pakistan's Prime Minister. Over the decades, I pursued…
Continue readingA memoir in 9 numbered parts — from a childhood on Feydhoo to the Criminal Court bench.
I was born in 1970 and spent my formative years on the island of Feydhoo. My family lived in one…
In the middle of 1993, I first encountered the brute force of law and authority in the Maldives. I was…
My first day at the Attorney General's office had arrived. I was young, inexperienced, and full of energy. State Attorney…
Shortly after I started working at the Attorney General's Office in 1995, the office manager, Ahmed Mohamed, called me into…
My Master's thesis supervisor advised me to make certain changes to my dissertation a few months after I joined the…
Despite serving as the Chief Judge of the Criminal Court, the country’s highest trial court for all major criminal cases,…
I was appointed Chief Judge of the Criminal Court on January 20, 2003. The duty included overseeing the Juvenile Court.…
At one time, it was the norm for Criminal Court judges to hear accused individuals say, “I was tortured,” “I…
To say the country’s criminal justice system was one-sided would be a gross understatement. Authorities had the ability to arrest…
To say the country’s criminal justice system was one-sided would be a gross understatement.
— From Article 9 – Shining a Light on Rights
On the Attorney General’s office, the cabinet and the politics around them.
This document explores and analyses the events surrounding the resignation of Maldives' first democratically elected President from office.
Working in the Office of the Attorney was not new to me. In 1995, I had served a brief stint as a State Attorney at the General’s Office. While there, as one…
At the time, it felt like just another routine day at the office. I had returned from a hearty breakfast in the court cafeteria when I received an unexpected call from a…
A Maldivian legal professional whose career has run through the judiciary, legal reform and public service — and who now writes about what he saw there.
Three threads run through the writing.
Reports, documents and selected reading, kept on the record.
Official findings of the multinational committee setup by the Government of the Maldives in partnership with international partners if President Nasheed on 7th February 2012 voluntarily resigned from office or…
Click the below link to view the article “Through the reforms of the 6th Presidential Term of President Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom” published by the Attorney General’s office in March 2006.…
