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of Farooq and
Ibrahim Rasheed until the ownership issue was resolved in court. But the agency said that Haveeru Online News would remain operational as the order did not affect it. After halting operations on both Haveeru Online and the magazine, public outcry was met with people standing with Haveeru along with high profile opposition figures lambasting at
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stated that the ban was a mockery of justice and criticized Yameen's government as being an obstacle to reforming and ensuring the freedom of judiciary. The ex-Haveeru staff had sought to overturn the verdict delivered by the court. The High Court also ordered
Haveeru Chairman, Zahir, to join the two
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ruled to uphold the Civil Court's 2014 verdict that Farooq, Naseem and
Rasheed don't have any shares in Haveeru or any of its subsidiaries and that its the sole property of Dr. Zahir. The Maldives Journalists' Association (MJA) congratulated Haveeru for winning the case and hoped that Haveeru would
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The Civil Court issued an order for a temporary halt to
Haveeru operations on Thursday in response to a lawsuit filed by Farooq and Ibrahim Rasheed. The court ordered a halt to all bank transactions from any of the company's accounts, and to halt any operation by the company without the involvement
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The court had said that Farooq, Naeem and
Rasheed still had a stake in the company despite Haveeru News Agency and all subsidiary companies having been renamed. Due to the Civil Court ruling in Farooq and Rasheed's favor, Haveeru Online and other branches of Haveeru News Agency was shut down.
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The Civil Court later said that they issued the order based on the damage to Farooq and
Ibrahim Rasheed – who hold a combined share of 50 percent, while Zahir holds only 25 percent. Adding that Farooq and Ibrahim Rasheed had the right to request for a temporary halt to Haveeru operations.
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On 3 July 2016, the Civil Court delivered a verdict over a legal dispute over the ownership of
Haveeru, barring all employees from working at a media outlet in the country for 2 years. The verdict was delivered by Judge Mohamed Haleem, which could have forced the closure of the
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Civil Court on
Saturday (2 April 2016) also that Haveeru shut down its online news website as well as all other branches of the company – which ownership is being disputed over. The Court sent a letter to the Chairman of Haveeru, Dr.
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newspaper, which was set up in May by former journalists of
Haveeru who resigned in mass after Haveeru was forced to shut down. The verdict had sparked public outcry and condemnation and has been described as a violation of the
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had ruled earlier that an agreement had been made between four individuals to set up
Haveeru News Agency. And that all four founding members had a stake in the company even now, with the fourth shareholder being Mohamed Naeem.
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Haveeru is the first newspaper to be printed by offset. The newspaper's efforts at getting its own printing press dates as far back as 1 April 1981, when a private printer declined to publish the newspaper.
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literature, "haveeru kurun" means the get-together of poets and writers for literary exchanges. Thus, it was decided that the newspaper's name should also symbolise news, information and literary learning.
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High Court ruled last September that Haveeru News Agency wasn't just the company's chairman Dr. Mohamed Zahir Hussain's. And that Farooq Hassan and Ibrahim Rasheed Moosa also had a stake in the company.
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symbolises the onset of the cool evening time after the heat of the day, which is also the time when the newspaper is brought out. In
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The court had ordered Haveeru to pay Farooq and Ibrahim Rasheed one fourth of the profit made by the company to date, each.
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Haveeru Daily was the longest serving daily newspaper in Maldives, which marked its 20th anniversary on 1 January 1999.
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slammed the government for its continued obstruction of critical and independent media. The
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