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Transparency Maldives Expresses Concern Over The Recently Submitted Media Commission Bill

Transparency Maldives Expresses Concern Over The Recently Submitted Media Commission Bill

By Maldives Times 1 min read

Transparency Maldives is gravely concerned by the implications of the Media Commission Bill submitted to the Parliament on 22 October 2017, on the already dwindling freedoms of media and expression in the Maldives despite the Constitutional provisions guaranteeing these very rights. At a time when specific broadcast media are being disproportionately intimidated using the Anti […]

MALDIVES: Rescind the Summary Suspension of 56 Lawyers Calling for Judicial Reform

MALDIVES: Rescind the Summary Suspension of 56 Lawyers Calling for Judicial Reform

By Maldives Times 6 min read

Transparency International is joining with the Maldivian Democracy Network, the International Commission of Jurists, Front Line Defenders and Forum-Asia to call on the Supreme Court of Maldives to rescind the indefinite suspension of all 56 lawyers who signed a petition to the Supreme Court calling for the independence and reform of the judiciary. Their suspension […]