Media rights group tells Maldives not to pressure media
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COLOMBO- An international rights group has urged the Maldives to stop pressuring critical media, expressing concern over the closure of an independent news website.
Reporters Without Borders said in a statement Thursday that the closure of Channel News Maldives last month will lead to increasing self-censorship by other outlets still daring to criticize the government.
The group said the editor of the website confirmed that the closure was due to government pressures and not because of financial reasons as claimed earlier by its majority shareholding company.
