Maldives: Attacks on Media Escalate

Click to expand Image Police block protesters during a demonstration against the jailing of two journalists in the Maldives capital of Malé, on May 13, 2026. © 2026 Mohamed Shabin/Viraasee (Bangkok) – Two journalists were arrested in the Maldives in the second week of May, 2026, the first journalists jailed on criminal charges since the country adopted a democratic constitution in 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. The Maldives authorities should immediately release the arbitrarily imprisoned