Maldives

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has welcomed the arrest of three suspects in connection to the disappearance of journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla in the Maldives. The 28-year-old journalist with Minivan News has been missing since August 8, 2014, and there has been little progress in the subsequent investigation to locate him. Maldives Police Services on Sunday, September 28...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Maldives Journalist Association (MJA) have condemned the attack on the office of Minivan News on Thursday, September 25 in capital Male. According to Minivan News, a machete knife was lodged into the door of their office building in the afternoon shortly after a notorious gangster removed a CCTV camera from outside the...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) again expressed strong concerns over the slow progress made in the search of missing journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla. Today marks one month since Rilwan was last seen yet the IFJ remains critical of the investigation and the release of information by authorities. The Minivan News journalist, aged 28...

The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the safety of a journalist in the Maldives who has been missing since early August and calls on authorities to thoroughly investigate his disappearance. Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla, reporter for the independent news website Minivan News, was last seen by his family and colleagues on August 7, according to news reports. A Minivan News report citing...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) strongly condemns death threats issued to 15 journalists on August 2 directly attributed to their journalistic activities. According to the MJA, 15 journalists received murder threats via text message, warning them against reporting on gangs in the wake of street violence, which has seen...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has deplored the decision by the police in the Republic of the Maldives to summon two journalists for interrogation after their newspaper carried news of a pornographic video racket operating in parts of the country. Ahmed Hamdhoon and Ismail Naseer, who researched and wrote the story in the Dhivehi-language edition of the daily Haveeru, were...

Maldivian journalist Jennifer Latheef who was serving a 10-year jail term for terrorism has been pardoned by the government. Latheef has, however, rejected the presidential pardon. ACCUSED OF TERRORISM: The Maldives government announced Jennifer Latheef’s release on August 16. She was jailed for 10 years in October 2005 after being convicted of inciting a riot in 2003. International human rights...