Adhadhu CEO, Editor Hit With Travel Bans Amid Documentary Probe
Adhadhu CEO Hussain Fiyaz Moosa and editor Hassan Mohamed were barred from leaving the Maldives for three months amid a police investigation into a documentary called 'Aisha' that allegedly made false accusations of adultery against President Mohamed Muizzu. The Criminal Court issued the travel bans based on police intelligence. Police searched Adhadhu's office in Male' and seized electronic devices. The Maldives Journalists Association condemned the bans as an escalation against press freedom and called for an end to intimidation of journalists. President Muizzu dismissed the documentary's claims as false and called for legal action.
Adhadhu CEO Hussain Fiyaz Moosa and editor Hassan Mohamed were barred from leaving the Maldives for three months amid a police investigation into a documentary called 'Aisha' that allegedly made false accusations of adultery against President Mohamed Muizzu. The Criminal Court issued the travel bans based on police intelligence. Police searched Adhadhu's office in Male' and seized electronic devices. The Maldives Journalists Association condemned the bans as an escalation against press freedom and called for an end to intimidation of journalists. President Muizzu dismissed the documentary's claims as false and called for legal action.
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Adhadhu CEO Hussain Fiyaz Moosa and editor Hassan Mohamed were barred from leaving the Maldives for three months amid a police investigation into a documentary called 'Aisha' that allegedly made false accusations of adultery against President Mohamed Muizzu. The Criminal Court issued the travel bans based on police intelligence. Police searched Adhadhu's office in Male' and seized electronic devices. The Maldives Journalists Association condemned the bans as an escalation against press freedom and called for an end to intimidation of journalists. President Muizzu dismissed the documentary's claims as false and called for legal action.
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