A fund box has been installed in Maakurathu Island in Raa Atoll to assist in RaajjeTV’s Dignity Fund in solidarity with RaajjeTV.

The box was placed in the island on Monday and the citizens of the island have responded extremely well to the fund.

Fund boxes have been placed in B. Thulhaadhoo, G.A. Dhevvadhoo, H.A. Dhihdhoo,  Lh. Kurendhoo and HA. Hoarafushi by well-wishers.

The station launched its ‘Dignity Fund’ at the Raajje Television’s head office after a MVR 200,000 fine against it over defamation allegations. Two other journalists with the station had been fined by MVR 28,500 for ‘obstruction of justice’ after they were arrest while covering a bomb scare in Malé City, and their cameraman, Adam Zareer, was fined by MVR 3,000 – in what the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) had described as undemocratic and unjust charges.

Raajje Television’s Chief Operating Officer, Hussein Fiyaz, at Friday’s event to launch the fund said that the trials and penalties against the Station were a deliberate attempt to ‘torment’ the station.

“We now know that there is another fine of MVR 800,000, this is political move to deplenish our finances” Fiyaz previously said.