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CPJ calls on government to release arrested RaajjeTV staff
The committee said this in a message they shared through their account on Twitter
Shan Anees, Raajje.mv | 16 މާރިޗު 2018 | ހުކުރު 22:27
Officers of the police at the demonstration on Friday night
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Maldives to release Raajje Television's (RaajjeTV) staff, who were arrested during the unrest in capital city Malé on Friday night.
The committee said this in a message they shared through their website.
"Police must immediately and unconditionally release the three Raajje TV journalists" said CPJ Deputy Executive Director Robert Mahoney.
The three RaajjeTV staff, Head of Programmes Amir Saleem, and journalists Mohamd Wisam and Mohamed Fazeen, have been taken to the state detention facility in Dhoonidhoo island.
Police have yet to release an official reason for the arrest.
