State to appeal ‘unlawful’ work ban on ex-Haveeru staff
The state believes a civil court order barring former Haveeru staff from working at any other media organisation for two years is unconstitutional, unlawful, invalid, and cannot be enforced, the attorney general’s office said.
09 Jul 2016, 9:00 AM
The attorney general’s office has decided to appeal a two-year ban imposed by a civil court judgment on former Haveeru staff for working at any other media organisations.
The much-derided order issued on July 3 had threatened the closure of Mihaaru, a newspaper set up in May by former Haveeru journalists who resigned en masse after the country’s oldest newspaper was shut down amid an ownership dispute.
The state believes the order is unconstitutional, unlawful, invalid, and cannot be enforced, the AG office said in a statement on Thursday.
The state will only appeal the portion of the judgment that imposed the the two-year ban, it added.
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