Popular TV station suspends coverage after journalists’ arrest
Opposition aligned Raajje TV station has suspended coverage of political affairs following the brief detention of a fourth journalist today amidst an unprecedented nationwide state of emergency.
06 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
Opposition aligned Raajje TV station has suspended coverage of political affairs following the brief detention of a fourth journalist today amidst an unprecedented nationwide state of emergency.
‘We have no choice but to suspend our normal coverage tonight… because we are no longer able to report without fear,” said Hussain Fiyaz Moosa, the station’s chief operating officer.
Raajje TV will now only air national songs, he announced, during the eight o’clock news. “We have to protect our staff.”
President Abdulla Yameen declared the 30-day state of emergency raising fear of imminent bomb attacks, but international human rights groups, the governments of US and UK, the Commonwealth and EU have questioned the government’s justification, and urged it to lift the suspension of rights.
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