Leaders urge against enactment of media bill

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Former President Mohamed Nasheed on early Wednesday joined a growing number of Maldivian political leaders urging against the enactment of a contentious media bill passed by the Parliament that seeks to replace the existing self-regulatory system with a government-controlled commission, warning that legislature severely restricts hard-won freedom of expression in the Maldives. On August 18, Thulhaadhoo MP Abdul Hannan Aboobakr, an