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.
International airports body urges caution over foreign investment in Ibrahim Nasir International Airport
16 May 2013, 6:27 PM
ACC confirms GIP investigation; Transparency calls for inter-agency taskforce to tackle state resources misuse
14 May 2013, 9:18 PM
US Embassy backs US$2.5 million election assistance program for the Maldives
11 May 2013, 2:40 PM
Vote counting: MDP claims 125,000 votes pledged for 2013 elections
09 May 2013, 10:16 PM
Maldives at “critical juncture” of democratic transition: UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs
09 May 2013, 8:44 PM
No US base says Blake, as US, UN diplomats visit Male
08 May 2013, 6:27 PM
Reporters Without Borders labels Maldives’ extremist groups “predators of press freedom”
04 May 2013, 4:01 PM
World Bank approves US$10 million education grant to halt decline in higher secondary enrollment
02 May 2013, 3:04 PM
Adhaalath Party accuses Nasheed of misleading Danish audience on extremism in the Maldives
28 Apr 2013, 7:19 PM
Airport’s 2014 refurbishment was 25 percent complete prior to GMR’s termination: Auditor General’s Special Audit
27 Apr 2013, 4:39 PM
Gross state reserves to reach US$310 million by June, MMA Governor warns parliament
25 Apr 2013, 7:14 PM
No US base under discussion, only joint training exercises: Defence Minister
25 Apr 2013, 4:02 PM
Leaked draft agreement opens possibility for US base in Maldives
24 Apr 2013, 8:06 PM
Tourism boycott would be “setback for economic rights of women” says President, as Avaaz petition reaches two million
09 Apr 2013, 7:30 PM
Police ask government to revoke Artur brothers’ investor license
08 Apr 2013, 6:30 PM
Fair trial for Nasheed “difficult to see” when judicial bench “cherrypicked to convict”: BHRC trial observers
06 Apr 2013, 3:48 PM
Tourism, Defence Ministers deny involvement with “international criminals”
01 Apr 2013, 6:46 PM
British government must “acknowledge what is really happening in the Maldives”: Salisbury MP John Glen to UK parliament
31 Mar 2013, 5:11 PM
Vote-buying, political polarisation, credibility critical challenges for 2013 elections: Transparency Maldives report
28 Mar 2013, 8:45 PM
One million people sign petition calling for end to flogging of women and children in the Maldives
24 Mar 2013, 3:32 PM
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