Haƙƙin ɗan adam a cikin Maldives, ƙasa mai tarin tsibiri mai mutane 417,000 a gabar tekun Indiya, batu ne mai tada hankali.[1] A cikin rahotonta na Freedom in the World na 2011, Freedom House ta ayyana Maldives a matsayin "Yanci na Bangare", yana mai da'awar tsarin sake fasalin da aka yi kan gaba a 2009 da 2010 ya ci tura.[2] Hukumar da ke kula da dimokuradiyya, kare hakkin dan adam da kwadago ta Amurka ta yi ikirarin a cikin rahotonta na shekarar 2012 kan ayyukan kare hakkin bil’adama a kasar cewa manyan matsalolin da suka fi daukar hankali sun hada da cin hanci da rashawa, rashin ‘yancin addini, da cin zarafi da rashin daidaito ga mata.[3]