It is disheartening to see Leevan, Shahzan, and others who came out calling for their release spending time behind bars. We will always stand for and defend a free press.
We are not ready to let this go.
I call for the immediate release of each one of them
Major news outlets across the Maldives have blacked out their homepages in protest against President @MMuizzu’s escalating crackdown on press freedom and attempts to jail journalists.
Solidarity with Shahuzan and Leewan, and with every journalist refusing to be silenced.
#NoosverikanJalah
In a unified protest against the government’s attack on press freedom, major news outlets have blacked out their homepages.
Imprisoning journalists for doing their job is authoritarianism, not democracy.
We stand in solidarity with Shahuzan and Leewan
#NoosverikanJalah
Today, major media outlets turned their homepages black in protest against the jailing and intimidation of journalists under President @MMuizzu’s administration.
We stand firmly with Shahuzan and Leewan.
Journalism is not a crime.
#NoosverikanJalah
Press Statement: Transparency Maldives expresses serious concern over the recent imprisonment of journalists, restrictions on media coverage, and limitations placed on peaceful assembly and civic expression.
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