MDP slams Media Bill as attack on press freedom

8 hours ago

Fayyaz Ismail, Chairperson of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), asserts that the recently reintroduced media bill in Parliament aims to suppress press freedom. For the second time, a bill has been proposed in Parliament to establish a commission with broad powers to regulate media broadcasts, including the authority to revoke newspaper registrations. This commission would include three members appointed directly by