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.
BBC team detained, tortured by Gaddafi forces
10 Mar 2011, 14:15
Municipality civil servant first to be suspended in Facebook blackmail scandal
09 Mar 2011, 18:06
Maldives celebrates International Women’s Day
08 Mar 2011, 18:19
“Shared corruptions” with Maldives worth hundreds of millions, reports Democratic Voice of Burma
07 Mar 2011, 16:19
Maldives’ first Islamic bank opens for business
07 Mar 2011, 12:55
Saudi Arabia bans protests, drafts troops ahead of weekend demonstration
06 Mar 2011, 17:31
DRP issues statement in support of Thasmeen after criticism from Gayoom’s family
06 Mar 2011, 14:27
“Staff sniggered” after tourist alleges electric shock from exposed wiring
05 Mar 2011, 19:29
Economic stability threatened by “significant policy slippages”, warns IMF
01 Mar 2011, 17:32
President appoints Korean pop singer honorary consul of Maldives in Korea
28 Feb 2011, 16:30
Adhaalath claims tourists openly drinking alcohol, wearing bikinis on Hulhumale’ beach
28 Feb 2011, 15:18
Deploy UN peacekeepers to Libya, urges Maldives President
27 Feb 2011, 19:37
Runaway judiciary leaves the Maldives “at a dangerous junction”, says Velezinee
26 Feb 2011, 17:00
Employer in Bangladeshi burial dispute was “shying from responsibility”: High Commissioner
24 Feb 2011, 19:50
UN Security Council meets as Gaddafi vows “to die a martyr”
23 Feb 2011, 15:35
Q&A: Former UK MP for Salisbury Robert Key talks democracy in the Maldives
22 Feb 2011, 19:53
Male’ will not survive without resolving housing, congestion and fuel challenges: President Nasheed
22 Feb 2011, 11:52
One in seven Maldivian secondary students have been sexually abused, finds 2009 report
21 Feb 2011, 18:04
Immigration Controller to exchange roles with National Disaster Management chief
21 Feb 2011, 12:44
Libyan army guns down demonstrators, UK backs away from Bahrain
20 Feb 2011, 12:18
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