Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
Island nations confront climate change
By  • 1 November 2018
About halfway between Hawaii and Australia is the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati. In tourism photos, the place looks like a tropical paradise. But the country of about 100,000 people is facing a critical threat…
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Project Exile: Corruption report sends Maldives' journalist into flight
By  • 9 January 2018
"If I were to go back and continue doing the same job, it’s just a matter of time before I’m picked up again." For many tourists, the Maldives is a resort destination with straw-thatched luxury…
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Maldives journalists face charges after protest
By  • 19 April 2016
The government of the Indian Ocean nation of the Maldives  has decided to put on trial two journalists for an opposition television station on charges related to their coverage of an anti-government rally in March 2015.…
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Maldives arrests three journalists covering protests
By  • 31 March 2015
Police in the Indian Ocean nation of Maldives have arrested three journalists who were covering demonstrations in the capital Male calling for the release of the country's former president. Mohamed Niyaz, a cameraman for the…
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Three arrested in disappearance of Maldivian journalist
By  • 29 September 2014
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a Maldivian journalist who is thought to have been abducted in early August. A criminal court in the Indian Ocean island nation, 508 miles…
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