New Delhi: A well-known Maldivian civil activist for free speech and human rights, Yameen Rasheed was stabbed to death on Sunday, leading to demands for an international probe from the opposition and condemnation from western countries. According to local media, 29-year-old Rasheed, an outspoken critic of the government and radical read more…
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Maldivian blogger stabbed to death, Opposition demands international probe
thehindu.com
April 23, 2017
Maldives Blogger and Activist Yameen Rasheed Stabbed to Death
Maldivian blogger and activist Yameen Rasheed, 29, was stabbed to death in the country’s capital Male in the early morning hours of April 23, 2017. Through his blog The Daily Panic and Twitter account @Yaamyn, Rasheed had become known as an outspoken critic of the government and radical Islamism. Shocked by this read more…
globalvoices.org
April 23, 2017
Maldives blogger stabbed to death in capital
Yameen Rasheed, who used his Daily Panic blog to poke fun at politicians, found with stab wounds at his flat in Malé A blogger who frequently satirised the Maldives’ political and religious establishment has been stabbed to death in the capital, the third media figure to be targeted in the read more…
theguardian.com
April 23, 2017
Outspoken Maldives Blogger Who Challenged Radical Islamists Is Killed
MALÉ, Maldives — A liberal blogger who wrote satirical critiques of the Maldivian government and the spread of radical Islam died Sunday after being stabbed in the stairway of his apartment building. The blogger, Yameen Rasheed, 29, had complained repeatedly to the police about receiving death threats, he said in read more…
nytimes.com
April 23, 2017
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