Adhadhu


Adhadhu is an online news website based in Malé, Maldives. Adhadhu's journalists has received many awards from the Maldives Media Council.

History

Adhadhu was registered with the Ministry of [Homeland Security and Technology |Ministry of Home Affairs] on 22 February 2021.
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 categories at the Journalism Awards.
On 16 March 2025, Adhadhu filed a police complaint after president Mohamed Muizzu called Adhadhu's CEO Hussain Fiyaz Moosa and threatened him. This was condemned by the Maldives Journalists Association and Transparency Maldives.

Controversies

Adhadhu produced a documentary called "Skeelan", which is about president Mohamed Muizzu'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 family had cut ties with her. Muizzu denied all the allegations.
Adhadhu produced a documentary called "Bailakka", where it shows that People's [National Congress |PNC] MPs of the People's Majlis were getting monthly payouts by Mohamed Muizzu. The government and the MPs denied this and threatened legal action and the President's Office filed a complaint with the Maldives Media Council about the documentary.