[5][6] Following the dispute of ownership and dissolution of Haveeru Daily, ex-Haveeru journalists formed Mihaaru to launch a revival of a trusted newspaper.

Mihaaru previously faced closure threats by the Courts but the issues were sorted out at the Labour Tribunal.

[3][7][8] In 2017, the Criminal Court banned Mihaaru's journalists from covering trials after a report was published criticizing the justice system.

[13] In June of the same year, Mihaaru's journalists were getting harassed at their office by a group of people who forcibly entered.

[14] The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) urged the government and the police to start an investigation into it.