Index on Censorship » Maldives http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Maldives http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Maldives: Journalist stabbed http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/06/maldives-journalist-stabbed/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/06/maldives-journalist-stabbed/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:30:39 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=37075 A prominent journalist in the Maldives is in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed in the neck. Ismail “Hilath” Rasheed had his throat slit by an attacker on Monday evening, with the knife missing a vital artery by millimetres. In November, the journalist’s blog was blocked by the communication authority in the Maldives, who claimed [...]

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]]> Maldives is in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed in the neck. Ismail “Hilath” Rasheed had his throat slit by an attacker on Monday evening, with the knife missing a vital artery by millimetres. In November, the journalist’s blog was blocked by the communication authority in the Maldives, who claimed it contained “anti-Islamic” material. A hospital source gave the journalist and blogger a five percent chance of survival.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/06/maldives-journalist-stabbed/feed/ 0 Maldives: Government shuts down blog in climate of growing religious intolerance http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/11/maldives-government-shuts-down-blog-in-climate-of-growing-religious-intolerance/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/11/maldives-government-shuts-down-blog-in-climate-of-growing-religious-intolerance/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:05:11 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=29763 The Maldivan government has ordered a ban on the blog of a freelance writer on the grounds it contained anti-Islamic material. The blog (www.hilath.com), run by independent journalist Ismail Khilath “Hilath” Rasheed, has been banned by the Communications Authority, and is said to be highly critical of religious fundamentalism. The blogger believes his site has been targeted [...]

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]]> Maldivan government has ordered a ban on the blog of a freelance writer on the grounds it contained anti-Islamic material. The blog (www.hilath.com), run by independent journalist Ismail Khilath “Hilath” Rasheed, has been banned by the Communications Authority, and is said to be highly critical of religious fundamentalism. The blogger believes his site has been targeted because he is a Sufi Muslim. Rasheed plans to bring his case to court, as a website shut by the government can only be reopened by a court order.

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