MJA calls on police to provide opportunity for journalists to cover protests freely
01 May 2011, 12:12 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) has called on police and defense forces to provide opportunity for the press to cover protests freely, referring to an incident last night where journalists wearing press identification were ordered to leave the area, effectively bringing the protest coverage to a halt, while those who refused to leave were arrested.
‘’Police last night arrested two journalists and a web developer for the Sun Media group,’’ said the MJA in a press release. ‘’Some of them were arrested while were even wearing the press identification.’’
MJA claimed that journalists covering last night’s protest were physically attacked and one had pepper sprayed directly in the face.
‘’We remind journalists to work responsibly while covering protests or any other activity,’’ the MJA added.
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