Mr. Rasheed was one of the most prominent bloggers and social media activist from Male, the Maldives. He was well-known critic of militant Islamic extremism, pervasive injustice, human rights violations and corruption linked to the Maldivian government. He ran a blog called The Daily Panic and has been actively writing blogs since 2005. He was also the leading defender seeking justice for Mr. Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla who was his close friend and a missing journalist, since 8 August 2014 (991 days). He was heavily involved in highlighting Mr. Rilwan's case both at home and internationally. Mr. Rasheed also engaged with UN human rights mechanisms. During the 30th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, he spoke as one of panelists at a side-event "Expression underintimidation: Bloggers under attack in South Asia" organized by FORUM-ASIA together with Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and IFEX. On 23 April 2017, at 3.00 AM, Mr. Yameen Rasheed was found at the bottom of stairs, next to the elevator in his apartment in Male with 16 stab wounds to his chin, neck and chest. He was taken to the hospital at around 3.15 AM and pronounced dead in the hospital at around 3.50 AM. Prior to the incident, he was receiving numerous death threats. Many of these threats were reported to Maldives Police Service. However, no action was taken. Mr. Rasheed has shared on his social media as well as with other local NGOs his frustrations at the lack of action by authorities on the serious threats against him. UPDATE: 3 May 2017: Yameen Rasheed's father, Hussain Rasheed, filed a lawsuit against the Maldives Police Service claiming the authority's negligence led to his son's murder. 19 June 2017: Police revealed the identities of three men accused of killing Yameen Rasheed. Seven suspects were in custody and the prime suspects were identified as Ismail Rasheed, 25, Ismail Haisham Rasheed, 21, and Ahmed Zihan Ismail, 22. 20 July 2017: The Prosecutor General's office spokesman told media that the investigation into the murder of Yameen Rasheed has now been completed and that charges against suspects are being sought. A decision about whether to prosecute is expected to be undertaken in within 30 days.