CPJ urges Maldives to free Raajje TV and Channel One journalists
28 Mar 2015, 4:07 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
New York-based Committee to Project Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday urged the government of Maldives to free three journalists arrested from opposition protests last week.
“We call on the authorities to immediately release Mohamed Wisam, Adam Zareer, and Mohamed Niyaz, and allow journalists in the Maldives to do their jobs freely and safely,” CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Bob Dietz said.
Opposition-aligned Raajje TV’s Wisam and Zareer were arrested late on Wednesday evening while covering the Alliance Against Brutality’s nightly protest. They were subsequently placed under a five-day remand.
Channel One’s cameraman Niyaz was arrested on Tuesday. He was remanded for ten days.
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