Maldives Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla, pictured with his mother Aminath Easa, went missing on August 8, 2014. (Ya'sha Adnan)

Minivan News reporter Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla missing for one month

September 8, 2014 10:07 AM EDT

Today marks one month since Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla, a reporter for the independent news website Minivan News, disappeared. Friends, family, and colleagues believe he was abducted.

Journalist feared abducted in the Maldives

August 19, 2014 2:55 PM EDT

New York, August 19, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the safety of a journalist in the Maldives who has been missing since early August and calls on authorities to thoroughly investigate his disappearance.