Broadcasting interviews and statements from convicted politicians violates the Jails and Parole Act, authorities claimed.
The media regulator wants journalists to practice their profession "as broadly as possible" within new legal restrictions.
The Maldives is now ranked between Nigeria and Angola on the 2018 press freedom index.
Transparency Maldives has condemned the government for proposing a bill that would merge two existing media watchdogs and “expand its sphere of state control on print...
If written or broadcasted content is deemed to pose a danger to Islam, national security, public order or public health, the new Maldives Media Commission can...
The journalists were accused of obstructing police duty while Specialist Operations officers attempted to disperse the "unlawful gathering".
The police contended that the headline, 'Adam Azim arrested on charges of trying to topple the government,' misrepresented the content of the arrest warrant. The senior...
The broadcasting regulator has slapped an MVR1 million (US$64,850) fine on the Raajje TV for airing a speech at an opposition rally in October that was...
Police officers on the island of Magoodhoo in Faafu atoll forced a journalist working as a stringer for The New York Times to sign a statement...
Delivering a verdict on Tuesday, Judge Ahmed Shakeel said the prosecution's evidence was insufficient
Echoing the criminal court's threat of legal action against journalists, the broadcasting regulator has also accused some media outlets of "spreading falsehoods and slander that encourages...
The criminal court has threatened to take "legal action" against journalists who "encourage terrorism" and threaten the peace, stability and sovereignty of the Maldivian state.
Following the guilty verdicts and US$1,800 fines handed to Raajje TV journalists Mohamed Wisam and Leevan Ali Nasir last month, Adam Zareer becomes only the third...
The family filed a right to information request at the civil court asking its intervention to find out “the available facts of the events” that followed...
“Raajje TV journalists Mohamed Wisam, Leevan Ali Naseer and Adam Zareer are guilty of nothing more than covering events of significant public interest,” the CPJ said.
Three Raajje TV journalists, on trial for obstructing police officers, share their thoughts on journalism and describe why they continue to report despite the risk of...
A verdict will be delivered on December 19, the court said. Prosecutors reiterated that Wisam and Leevan had tackled a police officer to prevent him from...
