The Criminal Court dismissed charges against Ismail Abdul Raheem and Ahmed Muaz over the murders of journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla and blogger Yameen Rasheed, finding the evidence insufficient for trial and releasing both men. Earlier, terrorism charges against Ahmed Ismail in the same case were also dismissed.
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Rilwan, a journalist working for ‘Minivan’ News (now Maldives Independent) who disappeared under mysterious circumstances on 7 August 2014
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Yameen was killed on 23 April 2017 as he was advocating for justice in the case of his friend Rilwan.
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Rilwan was targeted by extremists operating in the capital Malé, who monitored his movements, eventually locating him in the suburb of Hulhumalé, where he lived
Subsequently, he was forced into a red car near his apartment building and transported onto a fishing boat on which he was decapitated even as he was reciting and invoking the Shahadah, and his body was then disposed of at sea.
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Ahmed Ismail, charged with various counts of terrorism in conjunction with the same case, similarly saw his charges dismissed earlier.
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However, the state prosecutors chose to appeal the verdicts handed to Ismail Rasheed and Mohamed Difran.
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