Articles Tagged: speech

Fiji's 2009 budget has dealt a blow to those expecting a quick return to democracy, with no mention of funds for holding an election next financial year.

In the wake of the Russell Hunter deportation, Fiji?s military rulers have now announced further crackdowns on the country's media. The so-called Fiji Human Rights Commission has released a report (pdf) on media independence and freedom which recommends that all existing work permits in Fiji's media industry not be renewed, and no further permits be issued. The commission also advocates law changes imposing penalties on media outlets that publish material that incite sedition or breach the Publi

By Ryan L. Maness Impunity Watch Reporter, Oceania SUVA, Fiji -- Almost a full month after the Public Emergency Regulation were imposed for the first time since last December's coup, Fiji's ... coverage of this story at Former Fiji PM Says SDL Should be Silenced and Fiji Reinstates Public

By Ryan L. Maness Impunity Watch Reporter, Oceania SUVA, Fiji -- Almost a full month after the Public Emergency Regulation were imposed for the first time since last December's coup, Fiji's Military Council has recommended to interim Prime Minister

Posted in Impunity Watch: Oceania ( 4 links from 4 sites)

Wellington - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters on Saturday condemned a speech by Fiji's military ruler Voreqe Frank Bainimarama to the United Nations General Assembly for giving a misleading picture about the situation in the Pacific isla...

Considering the propaganda flowing from government computers in favor of the illegal, uconstitutional, and immoral military coup, ... . Anti-army blogger's fate to be known soon Saturday August 11, 2007 ..startheading -- Fiji's

Posted in FijiFreedom - MySpace Blog ( 0 links from 0 sites)

MYTHIC CONSTITUTIONALISM: WHITHER FIJI?S COURSE IN JUNE, 2007? Paper presented at the Workshop The Fiji Coup ? Six Months On, organized by the State, Society ... , Canberra, on 5 June 2007 Reflecting on the statement made by the Commander of the Republic of Fiji

Posted in The Battle Is Already Won! ( 0 links from 0 sites)

Graham Leung?s Speech Posted in Uncategorized at 12:53 pm by hydenceek HnC encourages the people of Fiji to read through the speech made by Graham ... of your society. On 5 December 2006 the Republic of Fiji Military Forces led by its Commander

Posted in hyde.n.ceek ( 26 links from 11 sites)

I don't know enough at this point to take one side or the other with regard to the coup in Fiji or the interim government ... My Fiji Down With Dictatorship Fiji Free Speech Frank Will Be Defeated Hyde n Ceek Media Freedom Fiji Coup Fiji Human Rights Watch Joke's On the Junta

Posted in Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, and Sunsets ( 15 links from 10 sites)

All those interested in freedom of speech should be keeping an eye on the ongoing freedom of information crisis in Fiji where the military ... Frank's Coup Discombobulated Bubu

Posted in Rich Bowden - Freelance Journalist | ( 0 links from 0 sites)

Frank Bainimarama (this leader of Fiji) has blocked access to blogs criticising the Fijian government. Blogs are one of the few legitimate means of communication that remain for the public tocriticize the government following the military coup by Bainimarama last year. More information can be found

Posted in yourhumanrights.com ( 200 links from 1 site)

A blogger writes ..... Wow, Namanusa, its amazing that you would talk about intelligence and yet you would opt to do the exact same ignoramus actions as Frank and his cronies by having this blog shut down. Today the people of Fiji have a vehicle by which they can voice their opinions, that's the beauty of modern day technology. 20 years

Posted in resistfrankscoup ( 23 links from 7 sites)

There's a lot of sh*t going down in Fiji right now. The coup led by the military strong man Frank Bainimarama has just disbanded the country's Great ... much every other coup in the Pacific nation going right back to the first one in the late 1980s. But now Fiji's small and vulnerable free press is under

Posted in Ethical Martini ( 0 links from 0 sites)

Ms. Vakaivosavosa, a regular Fijian blogger from the capital city of Suva, has been one of my regular sources of insider information on the ongoing Fiji coup. But as of my ... alone. At this time in Fiji, the climate is not right to continue blogging and I want no one harmed

Posted in Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, and Sunsets ( 3 links from 2 sites) by rmacpherson