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Press Statement IFJ urges Maldives’ president-elect to guarantee press freedom24 Sep, 2018 Maldives Democratic Party (MDP) candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has won the 2018 Maldives presidential election beating incumbent president Abdulla Yameen. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) congratulates president-elect Solih and urges him to fulfill his election pledges to ensure press freedom and independence of media. In a press statement on September 24, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that ‘the Elections Commission of Maldives has announced provisional results of the elections to elect the President of the Maldives, for the next five years’ and that ‘Solih won the election having received 134,616 votes’. President Yameen, the candidate of the Progressive Party of the Maldives, received 96,132 votes after 89.22 percent of voters cast their votes on September 23 election. According to election law of the Maldives, the official result will only be announced after a verification process of all ballot boxes, but it must be announced within seven days. During the campaign, Solih pledged to ‘open investigations into journalist Ahmed Rilwan’s disappearance, blogger Yameen Rasheed’s murder, repeal the draconian anti-defamation act and ensure press freedom’. Yameen Rasheed, a 29-old critical blogger and social media activist advocating for rule of law, human rights and social justice, was brutally murdered on April 23, 2017. On August 9, 2016, the Maldivian Parliament passed the Anti-Defamation Act that criminalizes defamatory speech, remarks, writings and actions; and empowers the state authority to shut down media for its ‘defamatory’ contents. The law includes a fine between MVR 25,000 (US$1,621) to MVR 2million (US$130,000) or up to six month of imprisonment. Opposition aligned Raajje TV has been repeatedly fined under the law. Journalist Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla has been missing since August 8, 2014. The investigation into his disappearance has remained slow without substantial progress, and accusations of cover-ups and negligence by the police, with an Al Jazeera documentary pointing fingers at President Yameen’s role. The IFJ said: “We congratulate Maldives’ president-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on his victory. We take this opportunity to remind him of his election pledges to support press freedom and urge him to see these through. The change in government is an opportunity for reform in the Maldives, to end the culture of impunity for crimes against journalists with the investigations into the disappearance of Ahmed Rilwan and the murder of Yameen Rasheed. The media in the Maldives must be able to work freely, independently and fearlessly.” Photo: People on the streets in Male, Maldives celebrate the win of Maldives Democratic Party candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. Credit: Raajje/Mohamed Sharuhaan Written By The IFJ represents more than 600,000 journalists in 140 countries. For further information contact IFJ Asia-Pacific on +61 2 9333 0946 Find the IFJ on Twitter: @ifjasiapacific Find the IFJ on Facebook: www.facebook.com/IFJAsiaPacific Comments Resources - Media Freedom in Sri Lanka- 2020 09/24/2021 Download - Chasing Justice : Study on impunity for crimes against journalists in Maldives 08/22/2021 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2021 08/18/2021 Download
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Press Statement नेपाल ः कोरोनाको समाचार संकलन र सम्प्रेषण सुरक्षित ढंगबाट गर्नुपर्नेमा पत्रकार महासंघको ध्यानाकर्षण24 Mar, 2020 विश्वभर कोरोना भाइरसको संक्रमण फैलिरहेको र नेपालमा समेत कोरोना भाइरसको संक्रमित पुष्टि भएको सन्दर्भमा समाचार संकलन र सम्प्रेषणको गहन दायित्व बोकेका पत्रकारहरूलाई सुरक्षित ढंगबाट काम गर्ने वातावरण निर्माण गर्नुपर्ने विषयमा नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यार्कषण भएको छ । सरकार र सम्बन्धित पक्षले कुनै पनि समाचार वा सूचना प्रवाह गर्न भिडभाडसहितको पत्रकार सम्मेलन नगरी आधिकारिक सामाजिक सञ्जाल, संचारमाध्यम वा प्रेस विज्ञाप्तिको माध्यमबाट गर्न महासंघ आग्रह गर्दछ । पत्रकार सम्मेलन गर्नै परे पूर्वसतर्कताका सम्पूर्ण उपायहरु अवलम्बन गर्न आग्रह गर्दछ । साथै, महासंघ पत्रकार र संचारमाध्यमले पनि आफूलाई पूर्ण सुरक्षित राख्दै आधिकारिक रुपमा पुष्टि भएका समाचार सामग्री मात्र सम्प्रेषण गर्न आग्रह गर्दछ । भ्रमपूर्ण र अफवाह फैलने कुनै पनि सामग्री संप्रेषण नगर्न महासंघ आग्रह गर्दछ । Written By Federation of Nepali Journalists Media Village, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: +977 01 449 0063/ 493 873/ 447 8235 Comments Resources - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, June 2022 06/15/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, May 2022 05/15/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, April 2022 04/16/2022 Download