MNJA condemns threats against two journalists covering Addu protest
17 May 2010, 6:48 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The newly-formed Maldives National Journalist Association (MNJA) has claimed that two journalists were threatened and attacked while covering a Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP)-led protest in Addu Atoll on Friday night.
The MNJA claimed a journalist from Maldives National Broadcasting Corporation (MNBC) and a journalist from daily newspaper Haveeru were attacked and threatened, and that pictures taken by the journalists were deleted by the protesters.
MNJA expressed regret that DRP Vice President Ibrahim Shareef was leading the protest and took no action against the incident.
However, Vice president of DRP Ibrahim Shareef said he was “not surprised” by the reports.
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