Groups advocating for press freedom have called for the release of two journalists who were jailed in the Maldives for violating a gag order banning public discussion of a documentary alleging an affair between President Mohamed Muizzu and a former aide. The International Federation of Journalists on Wednesday “strongly condemned” the jailing of Mohamed Shahzan and Leevan Ali Nasir while the Committee to Protect Journalists described their sentences as a “punitive attempt to criminalise investigative journalism”. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 ‘Supercharged’ donations: How far-right Reform UK built a global network list 2 of 4 Maldives police raid news outlet over report alleging president’s affair list 3 of 4 Pakistan withdraws from regional women’s football tournament in India list 4 of 4 Sri Lanka braces for new economic crisis as war on Iran continues end of list The journalists, who work for the news website Adhadhu , were sentenced by the criminal court in the Maldivian capital, Male,…