Ibrahim Rasheed Moosa


Court blocks Haveeru staff from registering new paper
Judge Haleem ordered Haveeru’s founder, management and staff not to “commit any act that could impair Haveeru’s archive, property, news, information, photo, video, money, all its resources, and any other item under Haveeru’s ownership”.
26 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM


Court order sought to prevent Haveeru staff from registering new paper
The battle for the Maldives’ oldest newspaper, Haveeru Daily, took a new twist on Thursday, with the paper’s new shareholders requesting a stay order to prevent its founder and staff from registering or operating a new paper.
22 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM


Children of Haveeru founder launch counterclaim in ownership battle
The Haveeru Media Group, owned by Dr Zahir Hussain’s three children, are urging the civil court to protect their rights, claiming that Zahir had transferred the paper’s ownership to HMG before its former staff, Farooq Hassan, Ibrahim Rasheed Moosa and Mohamed Naeem sued Zahir in 2013.
16 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM


Supreme Court throws out Haveeru ownership appeal
The Supreme Court threw out today an appeal filed against a controversial ruling that split the ownership of Maldives’ oldest newspaper Haveeru, which resulted in the paper’s closure nearly two weeks ago. The government has announced that it intends to intervene to restart the paper’s publication.
12 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM


Time stands still: Maldivians react to Haveeru closure
Maldivians reacted with despair as the country’s oldest newspaper remained closed for a third day amidst a bitter ownership battle. “Three days without Haveeru is like deleting three days from the calendar,” one reader said.
06 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM


Court halts publication of Haveeru newspaper
The civil court has issued an order halting the publication of local daily Haveeru pending the outcome of a dispute over the ownership of the Maldives’ oldest newspaper. However, Haveeru Online version will continue to publish as the injunction only applies to the newspaper.
31 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM


Court splits Haveeru ownership
The High Court ruling clears the way for three founding members of Haveeru News Agency to sue its current owner, Dr Zahir Hussain, for a share of the newspaper’s profits for the past 35 years.
26 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM