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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
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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
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Criminal defamation law repealed but those expressing critical views still at risk
- Published at
- 30.01.2019
- Country
- Maldives
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- religious groups
- intimidation
- harassment
- positive CS development
- criminal defamation
- non state actors
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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