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Civil society calls for accountability for killing of Maldives journalist and its cover-up
- Published at
- 06.09.2019
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- HRD killing
- HRD threatened
Civil society urges new parliament to empower commission to probe murder and disappearances
- Published at
- 20.05.2019
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- prevention of protest
- HRD killing
- HRD threatened
- intimidation
Government curtails freedoms and ignores court order to release its opponents
- Published at
- 05.02.2018
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- political interference
- harassment
- censorship
- excessive force
Government declares state of emergency and detains Supreme Court judges
- Published at
- 07.02.2018
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- restrictive law
Protesters and journalists arrested and ill-treated under state of emergency
- Published at
- 19.02.2018
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- sexual assault
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
Attacks on civic space continue with threats to dissolve opposition and jailing of judges
- Published at
- 31.05.2018
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- political interference
- bureaucratic restriction
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protest
Ahead of elections, abuse of laws crippling Maldives’ nascent democracy says rights group
- Published at
- 27.08.2018
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- political interference
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- protest
- restrictive law
Political change offers opportunity for human rights reforms
- Published at
- 18.10.2018
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- positive CS development
UN Special Rapporteur raises concerns about shut down of Maldives human rights group
- Published at
- 10.03.2020
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- HRD threatened
- CSO closure
Civil society group’s funds seized in the Maldives while women’s rights organisation smeared online
- Published at
- 09.07.2020
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- CSO closure
- protest
- protest disruption
- public vilification
UN call on Maldives to protect human rights defenders and NGOs from interference and reprisals
- Published at
- 17.11.2020
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development
- protest disruption
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
Despite UN review, Maldives authorities crack down on protests and target the media
- Published at
- 22.03.2021
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- restrictive law
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
Concerns about crackdown on protests, press freedom and lack of accountability in the Maldives
- Published at
- 02.07.2021
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- attack on journalist
- protest disruption
- torture/ill-treatment
- excessive force
Restrictions and attacks on journalists, protesters; reprisals against activists in the Maldives
- Published at
- 11.10.2021
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- excessive force
- protest disruption
- restrictive law
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained
- protest
Harassment of journalists, activists as well as anti-protest decree erodes freedoms in the Maldives
- Published at
- 09.06.2022
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- protest
- non state actors
Authorities arresting protesters and failing to address reprisals against activists in the Maldives
- Published at
- 18.02.2022
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- excessive force
- protest
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
Maldives elected to UN Human Rights Council despite press freedom concerns, restrictions on protests and impunity
- Published at
- 18.11.2022
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- protestor(s) detained
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- restrictive law
Maldives: Concerns around the arrest of protesters, excessive force and the targeting of journalists
- Published at
- 12.04.2023
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- refugees and migrants
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- negative court ruling
- excessive force
- protest
- labour rights
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Maldives: Ahead of the presidential elections, journalists face harassment while crackdown on protests persists
- Published at
- 18.08.2023
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- refugees and migrants
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
Maldives: As new government takes power, civil society calls for reforms including ending impunity for crimes against journalists
- Published at
- 01.12.2023
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- negative court ruling
- protest
Maldives: Critical websites blocked while journalists, civil society continue to face challenges
- Published at
- 08.04.2024
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- women
- positive CS development
- labour rights
- restrictive law
- censorship