Journalists held in Maldives |
Maldivian prosecutors should drop charges against journalists and an executive from a pro-opposition television station, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said . The charges come amid a mounting crackdown on press freedom in the country. Mohamad Wisam and Leevan Ali Naseer, journalists for the pro-opposition Raajje TV channel, were among 18 journalists arrested on April 3 who were either covering or participating in a protest against a series of measures that would constrict press freedom in the Maldives, according to press reports. Police held all the journalists except one overnight before releasing them, according to Zaheena Rasheed, an editor at Maldives Independent who was among those arrested. Police released Mohamed Shanoon after one hour, she told CPJ by email.
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