Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla (Dhivehi: އަހުމަދު ރިލްވާން ޢަބްދުﷲ; 18 January 1986 – 8 August 2014)[1] was a Maldivian journalist, reporter and blogger who was abducted and killed in 2014.

[3] On 8 August 2014, Rilwan was last seen at the Hulhumale' Ferry Terminal in Malé at 12:44 am and an eyewitness later said that he never boarded the bus when he arrived to Hulhumalé.

[4] Around 1:30–2:30 am, Rilwan's neighbors reported to the police after seeing a man being forced into a car with a knife in front of his apartment building.

[6][7] Rilwan's family submitted a petition with more than 5000 signatures to the People's Majlis' national security committee which was later thrown out on a technicality and stalled.

[12] A complaint was later filed by his mother, Aminath Easa, to the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) over the use of pepper spray.

[19][20] The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) appealed that decision to the High Court and won, leading Alif and Nooradeen back to a remand facility.

In 2017, to mark 3 years of Rilwan's abduction a march was held and was met by pepper spray and arrests made by police officers.

[28][29] In November 2018, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih formed the Commission on Investigation of Murders and Enforced Disappearances (DDCom) to solve cold cases like Rilwan.