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Press Statement: Grave Concerns over Threats to Media Independence through the Maldives Media and Broadcasting Regulation Bill
Transparency Maldives issued a press statement on 21 August 2025 expressing grave concerns about the Maldives Media and Broadcasting Regulation Bill, submitted to parliament on 18 August 2025, arguing it threatens media independence and freedom of speech. The organization called on the government and Members of Parliament to withdraw the bill and develop any media regulatory framework through consultations with media professionals, civil society, and the public.
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Press Statement: Grave Concerns over Threats to Media Independence through the Maldives Media and Broadcasting Regulation Bill
7 members Members of the proposed Maldives Media and Broadcasting Commission
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7 membersMembers of the proposed Maldives Media and Broadcasting CommissionTransparency MaldivesThe bill seeks to abolish the current Maldives Broadcasting Commission and establish a Maldives Media and Broadcasting Commission which would comprise 7 members, 3 of whom are appointed by the President of Maldives.
Word for word from the report in Transparency Maldives. Open the report
3 membersCommission members appointed by the President of MaldivesTransparency MaldivesThe bill seeks to abolish the current Maldives Broadcasting Commission and establish a Maldives Media and Broadcasting Commission which would comprise 7 members, 3 of whom are appointed by the President of Maldives.
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MVR 100,000Maximum fine the Commission may levy under Section 66Transparency MaldivesSection 66 further empowers the Commission to levy fines up to MVR 100,000, suspend broadcasts, and initiate license cancellation procedures.
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MVR 25,000Maximum fine the Commission may impose on individual media professionals under Section 67Transparency MaldivesSection 67 of the bill extends these punitive measures to individual media professionals, allowing the Commission to impose fines up to MVR 25,000.
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Maldives Media and Broadcasting Regulation Bill submitted to the parliament2025-08-18Maldives parliamentTransparency MaldivesTransparency Maldives expresses grave concerns regarding the Maldives Media and Broadcasting Regulation Bill, submitted to the parliament on 18 August 2025
Word for word from the report in Transparency Maldives. Open the report
Transparency Maldives issued a press statement on the media regulation bill2025-08-21MaldivesTransparency Maldives21 August 2025
Transparency Maldives expresses grave concerns regarding the Maldives Media and Broadcasting Regulation Bill
Word for word from the report in Transparency Maldives. Open the report
Journalist Ahmed Rilwan was forcibly disappeared2014MaldivesTransparency MaldivesThe unresolved cases and delayed justice for journalist Ahmed Rilwan, who was forcibly disappeared in 2014, and blogger Yameen Rasheed, who was brutally murdered in 2017, stand as stark reminders of the dangers faced by media professionals in the Maldives.
Word for word from the report in Transparency Maldives. Open the report
Blogger Yameen Rasheed was brutally murdered2017MaldivesTransparency MaldivesThe unresolved cases and delayed justice for journalist Ahmed Rilwan, who was forcibly disappeared in 2014, and blogger Yameen Rasheed, who was brutally murdered in 2017, stand as stark reminders of the dangers faced by media professionals in the Maldives.
Word for word from the report in Transparency Maldives. Open the report