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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 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

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

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
- protest disruption
- restrictive law
- attack on journalist
- protestor(s) detained

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

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

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

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
- public vilification
- protest disruption

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 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