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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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