JJ Robinson
JJ Robinson is advisor to the Maldives Independent. He was editor of Minivan News (Maldives Independent’s precursor) from 2009-2013, and went on to spend eight years in media development supporting more than a hundred outlets operating in autocracies all over the world, from Belarus to Venezuela. He is the author of Maldives: Islamic Republic, Tropical Autocracy (Hurst 2015). He tells anyone who will listen that mashuni roshi is the world’s best breakfast.
Surf legend Damien Hardman wins Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy
03 Sep 2012, 7:31 PM
Habitual protests “hindering Maldives development as a modern democracy”: CNI Advisers
01 Sep 2012, 3:23 PM
CNI report leaves Maldives with “awkward”, “comical” precedent: Nasheed
31 Aug 2012, 9:28 PM
Commonwealth endorses CNI, MDP claims report “legitimises coup”
30 Aug 2012, 8:19 PM
No coup, no duress, no mutiny: CNI report
30 Aug 2012, 3:31 PM
Thanburudhoo resort will kill surf tourism in Male’ Atoll, claim local surfers
19 Aug 2012, 2:10 PM
Government’s proposed revenue raising measures excessive, warn resort managers
16 Aug 2012, 6:49 PM
High level talks stall after senior party figures fail to appear
14 Aug 2012, 4:18 PM
Four Seasons launches local surf championship trophy
12 Aug 2012, 5:09 PM
World famous eco-resort embroiled in local politics
11 Aug 2012, 7:01 PM
Reporters Without Borders condemns Raajje TV sabotage, “growing media polarisation”
09 Aug 2012, 6:45 PM
Q&A: Former Brigadier General Ibrahim Mohamed Didi
08 Aug 2012, 11:14 PM
Government employs Baroness Scotland to challenge legality of “unfair”, “biased” Commonwealth intervention
04 Aug 2012, 5:00 PM
Gasim calls for “jihad” against “Nasheed’s antics”: local media
04 Aug 2012, 3:59 PM
Protests, roadblocks as Nasheed voluntarily attends police HQ
02 Aug 2012, 5:32 PM
GMR presents government with US$1.5 million bill for Q2, as ADC dispute sent for arbitration
01 Aug 2012, 4:45 PM
Canadian government’s statement “misleading”, “one-sided”: Maldives Foreign Ministry
01 Aug 2012, 1:03 PM
Canada condemns Maldives govt’s “politically motivated threats to arrest its opponents”
30 Jul 2012, 3:29 PM
Finance Ministry orders government institutions to reduce budgets by 15 percent
29 Jul 2012, 3:06 PM
UN Human Rights Committee calls for widespread institutional reform in the Maldives
28 Jul 2012, 8:07 PM
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