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The Maldives Journalists Association (MJA) has condemned the arrest of a journalist who was at the scene to cover a protest held by the opposition coalition in Malé on Thursday night.
The Special Operations (SO) unit of the Maldives Police Service, which had gone to break up the protest, arrested the journalist from 'Avas' while he was wearing the identification indicating that he was a journalist. However, the police are yet to ascertain the reason behind his arrest.
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