The leader of the military regime that seized power in Fiji claimed this week that the Fijian people are urging him to delay his plans for elections by 2014. Commodore Frank Bainimarama claims that the people are “happy” with the regime’s focus on infrastructure
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Fiji Considers New Media Law
Text of a new draft media law from the Fiji Islands here. Amnesty International notes that the proposed statute makes it possible for the government to imprison those to criticize it.…
Military Regime in Fiji Gives Itself Immunity for Coups
FijiFIJIREGIME GIVES ITSELF IMMUNITY FOR COUPSCoup leaders called above lawWELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, April 9, 2010) – The president of the Fiji Law Society says a government decree giving coup leaders immunity from prosecution shows those in…
EU Extends Sanctions on Fiji’s Military Regime
Police in Fiji Cancel Annual Meeting of the Fiji Law Society
We continue to report on the sad situation in Fiji, where the military government has suspended the constitution. Radio New Zealand reported (on September 6, 2009) that the Annual General Meeting of the Fiji Law Society had been banned. The…
Fiji Government Pulls All Advertising from Fiji Times
We have reported previously on this blog about the sad situation in Fiji, where the military government suspended the constitution, fired all of the judges, revoked the law licenses of all of the lawyers in the country, banned certain public meetings, and imposed…
Fiji to Recruit Judges from Sri Lanka
Fiji is a nation troubled by a military ruler who fired all of the judges in the country and suspended the Fijian constitution as an "emergency" measure after a court ruled that the military government there was illegal. Since then there have been…
More News from Fiji, Where the Military Goverment Abrogated the Constitution Last April
The Rule of Law Still in Danger in Fiji – Coup Leaders Continue “Emergency” Regulations
The sad situation for the rule of law continues in Fiji. We have reported previously on developments relating to the Fiji Law Society and lawyers in Fiji. Click here to read that post. We’ve now just received this news from…
Important Updates on the Situation of Lawyers in Fiji and the Fiji Law Society
We have promoted on this blog some stories about the deteriorating situation in Fiji following the military coup and the emergency declaration that followed a Fijian court decision that found that the current military government is unlawful. The government responded to that court ruling by abbrogating…