Journalist, @Reuters. #Maldives Correspondent, @RSF_inter. disclaimify.com m.junayd.saleem@gmail.com

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18 Apr 2018
Going through photos on my phone and got a bit nostalgic with all the mangrove pictures from Kulhudhuffushi. Going to tweet out a couple of them. All photos taken by me for @IndependentMV. The life and times of #KulhudhuffushiKulhi.
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Imaginate que te respalde el Presidente más querido de un paraíso de aguas turquesas y playas de ensueño. No sos uno más. Sos su favorito @FIFAWorldCup @FIFAcom @ESPNFC @BBCSport @infobae @clarincom @MMuizzu 🇲🇻
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Noosverikamuga aiy alhaigeneh nuthibeveyne. Adhi Ekamah Ruhigen thibeyne kamah ves dhekigeneh nuvaane. Javaabudhaaree kureveynee @presidencymv ge Press gai ekangneh noon.
އަދަދު ނޫސް ޕްރެސްތަކުން މަނާކުރިތާ މަހެއް ވަނީ، އަދިވެސް ލިޔުމެއް ނުލިބޭ adhadhu.com/82821
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Birudhekkun huhtaalai, Dhauvaathah anburaa gendhey! Angabandheh Nukureveyne @MMuizzu #CTRLehNukureveyne #LiyeveyneLiyaanan
Fiyaz and Hassan appear in Court today, facing criminal charges over the 'Aisha' documentary. The prosecution is part of the Muizzu administration's continuing crackdown on independent journalism in the Maldives.
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our voting system is fine. better than most countries. making it digital would be the end of it.
Why can't we use E-Faas to vote if everything else requires E-Faas? If not ID, why ID shaped?
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Do you even know what "PrOaCtIvEly" means?
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Y’all couldn’t tell us - WHAT the daily limit is - WHEN the limit resets - WHO is limited - WHERE the limit is applied and now we’re just supposed to believe our transactions are being declined for “various reasons” THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VALUABLE INFORMATION YOU DUMB MFS
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The ASPIRE project under which the solar PV systems were installed have a long history starting from 2010. The 5 MW project was approved and designed during PPM government and completed during MDP government. And yes it works and saves a significant amount of fuel.
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The what now, X?
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From the IOTC meeting in Male last month: - Yellowfin tuna stock management measures fall below the recommendations by its own scientists. - No new proposals to regulate drifting FADs since a 72-day annual closure proposed three years ago was blocked by EU and France.
73,078 tonnes for the EU. 47,195 for the Maldives. The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission's first allowable catch limits on yellowfin tuna gives Europe's distant fleets the lion's share of a stock their own tariffs make harder for Maldivian fishers to sell. maldivesindependent.com/econ…
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WHO in nubuneytha cigarettes, Aasandhaige dhashun free koh e beynunvaaa emmenah libeyne goiy hadhan?? 😬
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Brilliant. The only way to check who's under 16 is to check everyone. So congrats, the real feature isn't protecting kids, it's that nobody gets to be anonymous anymore. And honestly? I can't think of a single way to actually do this that doesn't end with everyone identified. That's not a flaw in the plan. That's the plan. #maldives
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ޖަލަށްލި ނޫސްވެރިން ދޫކޮށްލަން ގޮވާލައި، ކުރި މުޒާހަރާތަކުން ހައްޔަރު ކުރި @MDPSecretariat އެކްޓިވިސްޓު މުޝައްފައު 17 ދުވަހަށްފަހު މިއަދު ދޫކޮށްލައިފި. އޭނާގެ ބަންދުގެ މުއްދަތު ދެ ފަހަރަށް ކޯޓުން ޖަހާފައިވޭ
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Created a black market. Couldn't do anything to stop the black market though the sellers are no secret. Now plans to rolls back these changes without fixing any of the problems they created. Classic #Muizzuvun
Speaking today at a press conference held on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, Minister of Homeland Security Ali Ihusaan stated that the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended reducing the specific tax on tobacco in Maldives from MVR8 to MVR4, after the organization conducted studies on the matter. The current administration increased the specific duty from MVR3 to MVR8 per stick in November 2024. In addition, the ad valorem tax rate on tobacco was raised from 50 percent to 100 percent. Following these changes introduced by the government, a large black market for smuggled tobacco emerged, and counterfeit cigarettes became widespread across the Maldives. These fake cigarettes remain available today at much lower prices. WHO has advised the Maldivian government to lower the tobacco tax, which was previously increased by President Mohamed Muizzu’s administration without any prior study or national-level consultation. Ihusaan added that the government will make a decision on the matter after discussing the WHO's recommendation. "This is a rate we are currently considering. We will hold these discussions with all relevant authorities and stakeholders involved in making this decision. If we all agree that we need to move to that rate, the government will submit that recommendation to the People's Majlis", Ihusaan said.
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It has been less than a month since reclamation was completed for an airport the island didn’t even need Currently: - The Harbour is black and full of dead fish - The island’s famous Sikundi Kulhi mangrove is dying
Sh. Milandhoo Airport Reclamation Completed. - Commencement Date: 03rd April 2026 - Completion date: 04th May 2026 - Duration: 31 Days - Reclaimation Total Area: 21 Ha - Area Reclaimed: 21 Ha - Percentage completed: 100% - Tree Removal area existing island: 4.9Ha - Total Project Area: 25.90 Ha - Total Volume: 1,134,534 cbm - Dredger: Queen of the Netherlands (capacity: 35,000 CBM)
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Should island councils keep a cap on number of guest houses? We are losing the concept of "local island" with this kind of over tourism. This is unsustainable in the long run.
Progress in 2 years 20 guesthouses in operation More in construction Kamadhoo is becoming the island with most tourist beds in North of Male’ soon #VisitKamadhoo
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Ain't reading all that. I'm happy for you, or sorry that it happened.
Shahzan mihadhany kandaelhigen 100% Dhogu. 15 May 2026 vana dhuvahu aammu faraathakun dhin mauloomaathakai gulhigen e reyge reygandu 19:35 gai Shahuzan aai Leevan aai dhe meehun jalugai bandhukohffai thibi golhi correctionsge officerun vadhe (mi meehunge haaziruga) balaa faaskuri iru e golheega huri cupboard therey huri annaunu thaku therein mobile phoneh vanee fenifa. Mikamaai gulhigen jaluga ehen gaidheenahves mifadha kankamugai amaluluraagothah mi dhemeehun vany monitor kurevey gothah vakin dhe golheegai beythihbifa. Adhi efahun meege kurinves jaluga kankamugai amalu kuraa fadhain e golhithah vany vaki interval thakugai balaa faaskoffa. Mi kankamaky vaki gaidhee akah nuvatha vaki faraathakun angaigen kuraa kankameh noon. Amudhun jaluge mifadha kankamaky Raeesul jumhooriyya goiyy ninnmavaa kankameh noon. Adhi alhuganduge vazeeru kamuga Raees dhuvahakuves jaluge mifadha kankamaa ehvves minvarakah instructioneh dhehvvaafa eh nuvey. Adhi dhannavan. Raajjeyge thafaathu 3 noos verin vakin mi dhe gaidheen ekani golhiehgai thibi kamah vidhaalhuve alhugandah gulhumun, ekan saafukoh, alhugandu vaanee mivaahakathah kiyaadheefa. Ekamaku ethanun ehvves beyfulhaku mi vaahaka raiyyithunnah saafukoh bayaan kohdhehvaafa reporteh nuvatha khabareh liyefai vaathan alhugandu nudheken. Egothah e mauloomaathu edhuvahu noosverin raiyyithunnah dhehvvinama Shahzan mi hadhany dhogukan saafuvaane. Adhi dhannavan, mi massala (jalah vehdhun manaa thakethi golhin fenifaivaa massala) Maldives Police Service in dhany thahugeegu kuramun.
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“No power on earth has ever permanently defeated free thought.”
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Discussions ongoing whether to jail all people from kulhudhuffushi or simply declare the entire island a prison.
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Muizzu guarantees freedom of speech. What he cannot guarantee is your freedom after the speech. The journalist raised questions about late night calls. The punishment was imprisonment, solitary confinement, late night raids and sleep deprivation.
When you go to Prison to serve a court sentence, you are a “Prisoner” and you will be treated as one, regardless of what you “think” you were doing before being sentenced. “Late night raids” will happen when “prisoners” are found with contraband. Those are standard protocols followed in every Prison.
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Everyday 1000s of scam calls originate from the prisons and these people find a phone conveniently from the cell of 2 journalists. Can't seem to find phones or stop scam calls coming from the prison though. 🤷🏽‍♂️ Just the usual Bermuda Triangle type shit we deal with in Mordis.
Shahzan aai Leevaan ekaheri kuree e golhin phone eh fenigen; ekan thahugeeg kuraane: Ihusaan dhauru.com/post/news/43854
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