Maldives police arrest journalist at opposition-aligned TV station
A sports journalist at the opposition-aligned Raajje TV was arrested this afternoon after police officers allegedly entered the private station’s office in Malé without a court warrant. Hussain Fariyaz was arrested around 1:00pm and released about two hours later. He has alleged physical mistreatment and verbal abuse by police officers.
13 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
A sports journalist at the opposition-aligned Raajje TV was arrested this afternoon after police officers allegedly entered the private station’s office in Malé without a court warrant.
Hussain Fariyaz was arrested around 1:00pm and released about two hours later.
Raajje TV CEO Hussain Fiyaz Moosa told The Maldives Independent that the station’s sports editor was arrested for taking a photograph of a police officer carrying out an alcohol bottle during a raid.
“A group of men claiming to be police, without any official documentation legalising their entry into the station, barged in and snatched Fariyaz,” he said.
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