A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
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 […]
The Maldives is tightening its grip on the media and freedom of speech by using the broadcasting regulator to silence and intimidate journalists, a leading NGO has warned, as the government pushes a draft law that could see newspapers and TV stations temporarily shut down or fined. Transparency Maldives, in a statement Monday, condemned the […]
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 […]
During a daily team meeting one Sunday at Raajje TV, journalists and producers debated on ways to minimise the impact of their third fundraising drive for the year on their work. The campaigns – the current one launched on October 8 – battle exorbitant fines imposed by the Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC) after the introduction […]
Former Attorney General Husnu Suood in RaajjeTV’s Bodu Suvaalu program — Photo by: Abdulla Naseer Ibrahim The lack of justice will only be apparent when one suffers says former Attorney General Husnu Suood, advising the Justices of Supreme Court to rectify the issues within the nation’s judiciary before they suffer. Speaking in RaajjeTV’s ‘Bodu Suvaalu’ […]