The United Nations human rights office has expressed shock by the content of a video showing the apparent torture of two men in Fiji, and called on the Government to ensure the perpetrators are prosecuted and the victims protected. The
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Citing Tight Cruise Itinerary and Jurisdictional Issues, New Zealand Police Decline to Arrest Crew Member in Alleged Cruise Ship Sexual Assault
By Jim Walker
Last Friday, I wrote an article about a cruise ship incident where a passenger reported that a Celebrity Cruises crew member “indecently assaulted” her aboard the Celebrity Cruises’ Millennium cruise ship as it sailed from Fiji to New Zealand.
The cruise…
Passenger Reports Sexual Assault By Crew Member Aboard Celebrity Millennium Cruise Ship
By Jim Walker
A New Zealand newspaper reports that the police in the port city of Tauranga are investigating sexual assault allegations made against a crew member of the Millennium cruise ship which docked at the port yesterday morning after sailing from Fiji. Police…
Norovirus Outbreak on Rhapsody of the Seas in Fiji – Cruise Ship Quarantined
By Jim Walker
The Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) reports that a Royal Caribbean cruise ship berthed at the Suva Wharf in Fiji was quarantined today by authorities following what is described as an outbreak of norovirus. The Health Ministry in Fiji reportedly confirmed 51 cases…
Fiji Lifts “State of Emergency”
The United Nations human rights chief last week welcomed the lifting of a state of emergency in Fiji, more than two years after it was imposed, calling it a “step in the right direction” for the Pacific island nation. “The emergency…
Taking Care of Parents
By Family Law
From the Fiji Times Online:THE Government is looking at amending the Family Law Act to make it mandatory for children to physically and financially take care of their parents as more and more of the country's elderly are beginning to…
Military Leader Who Overthrew Government of Fiji Speaks to UN General Assembly
The government of Fiji was overthrown in 2006 by a military coup. Since that time, the country has suffered from lack of basic freedoms and attacks on the judiciary, the country's lawyers, its bar association, and other defenders of human…
No Progress on Restoring Democracy to Fiji
Radio Australia reports that Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, has said that talks have stagnated on restoring democracy in Fiji. As you might remember, Fiji was suspended from the commonwealth in 2009 following a military coup in that country. The…
Fiji’s Military Regime Extends “Emergency” Regulations Again to Prevent Public Meetings and Publications
Who is Head of State of Fiji This Week?
You may remember that Fiji had a military coup and is operating under an interim regime. The interim Prime Minister told the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation that in the absence of the president, the country’s Australian chief justice is the acting…