''Adhadhu'' is an online news website based in

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, Maldives. Adhadhu's journalists has received many awards from the Maldives Media Council.

History

Adhadhu was registered with the

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on 22 February 2022. On 20 March 2023, Editor-in-chief Hussain Fiyaz Moosa was sent text messages which contained death threats after publishing an article about organised crime and religious extremism. In 2024, Adhadhu won the politics, sports, video documentary, investigative journalism (audio and video) categories at the Journalism Awards. On 16 March 2025, Adhadhu filed a police complaint after president

Mohamed Muizzu Mohamed Muizzu (born 15 June 1978) is a Maldivian politician and engineer who has been serving as the 8th president of the Maldives and leader of the People's National Congress (Maldives), People's National Congress since 2023. He previously ...

called Adhadhu's CEO Hussain Fiyaz Moosa and threatened him. This was condemned by the

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and Transparency Maldives.

Controversies

Adhadhu produced a documentary called " Skeelan", which is about president

's stepmother. The documentary has been based on a false narrative according to multiple sources that came in defence of Muizzu. The documentary says that Skeelan was deported and blacklisted from the Maldives and that Muizzu's

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had cut ties with her. Muizzu denied all the allegations. Adhadhu produced a documentary called "Bailakka", where it shows that PNC MPs of the

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were getting monthly payouts by Mohamed Muizzu. The government and the MPs denied this and threatened legal action and

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filed a complaint with the Maldives Media Council about the documentary.

References

{{Reflist Newspapers published in the Maldives Newspapers established in 2021