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April 24, 2017

Prominent Blogger Yameen Rasheed Murdered in the Maldives
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In the Maldives, 29-year-old prominent blogger Yameen Rasheed has been
murdered. In his writings, Rasheed criticized both the Maldives
government and Islamic extremists. He had received numerous death
threats before he was found stabbed to death in the stairwell of his
apartment building on Sunday.


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