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A series of incidents revives concern about press freedom

Published on 30 July 2009Read

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Generally good climate for presidential election marred by public TV’s bias in favour of incumbent

Published on 28 October 2008Read

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Opposition website’s reporter expelled, banned for two years

Reporters Without Borders today condemned the expulsion of US journalist Phillip Wellman on 19 January and a decision to ban him from returning (...)

Published on 23 January 2007 Read

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Open letter to the Information Minister, Mohamed Nasheed

Paris, London, Lahore, Brussels, Copenhagen 4 December 2006 Dear Minister, The member organisations of the International Mission for Press (...)

Published on 5 December 2006 Read

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Government gets tough again in run-up to opposition rally

Reporters Without Borders voiced concern today about the attitude of the Maldivian authorities, who in the past few days have expelled two (...)

Published on 7 November 2006 Read

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Despite pardon, Jennifer Latheef should be cleared of terrorism charges

The members of the International Mission for Press Freedom in the Maldives today termed presidential pardon for photojournalist and opposition (...)

Published on 19 August 2006 Read

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Authorities urged not to send Abdulla "Fahal" Saeed back to prison

The South Asia Press Commission and Reporters Without Borders today appealed to interior minister Ahmed Thasmeen Ali not to send Abdulla “Fahala” (...)

Published on 3 August 2006 Read

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Minivan correspondent freed after being held more than three months

Reporters Without Borders today hailed the release on 24 July of Mohamed Yushau, a correspondent of the opposition newspaper Minivan, who had (...)

Published on 26 July 2006 Read

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International fact-finding mission: "Attacks against media professionals and dissenting voices are still going on"

After four days of fact finding in the Maldives, members of the International Press Freedom Mission - an independent group of international (...)

Published on 8 May 2006 Read

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Minivan journalist sentenced to life imprisonment

The conviction on 19 April of Minivan journalist Abdullah Saeed and his sentence to life imprisonment was engineered by the authorities in order (...)

Published on 20 April 2006 Read