[4] Shahindha began her activism in 2004 during the mass arrest of over 300 people on the 12th and 13th of August 2004, events that subsequently became known as Black Friday.
[5] Following the subsequent turn to democracy in the Maldives, she had a leading role in a nationwide 'Go Vote' campaign for the first multi-party presidential election in 2008, the successful campaign to disqualify unfair amendments to the Civil Service Act in 2008, and worked on nationwide awareness programs on detainee rights and the Chapter of Rights of the Constitution.
[6] She has consistently opposed implementation of the death penalty,[7][8] most notably in the case of Hussain Humaam, who was convicted for the 2012 murder of Afrasheem Ali MP for Ungoofaaru.
In 2017, she was investigated by the Maldives Police Service for a tweet she posted in response to a speech by then President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, in which she defended Maldivian's right to freedom of religion, following a series of articles written in the online tabloid Vaguthu.
[19] She authored the book "Gelluvaalee Mausoom Dhivehi Dharieh", loosely translating to '[They] Disappeared an Innocent Maldivian' a biography of the abducted and murdered journalist Ahmed Rilwan released by his family.