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Maldives government digging a grave to bury the press

By Marco Robinson 10 min read

The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 7th November 2017. The following is a loose translation: The administration of President Abdulla Yameen is way ahead when it comes to restricting freedom and rights. The rights that the constitution had allowed broadly had now been hindered and narrowed down by overriding them with […]

Back to Dhivehi Observer times

Back to Dhivehi Observer times

By Marco Robinson 5 min read

The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 24th October 2017. The following is a loose translation: Even from a small sample, there will not be any 30-something Maldivian who would not know what Dhivehi Observer was. If a person of that age group doesn’t know what it is, then that person would […]