Radio New Zealand International reported that the European Commission has cancelled Fiji’s 2009 sugar allocation, which will cost Fiji more than 32 million US dollars. The European Commission said it decided to cancel the allocation because there was no indication that a legitimate government
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Fiji President Issues Decree that the Human Rights Commission Cannot Investigate Any Abrogation of the Fiji Constitution
Fiji’s President Ratu Josefa Iloilo promulgated Human Rights Commission Decree 2009 on May 20, 2009. Under the new decree, the Human Rights Commission cannot investigate any complaints relating to the April 10 revocation of 1997 Constitution, nor investigate any decision by…
Fiji Detains Lawyers and Seizes Their Computers
Fiji Suspended from Pacific Islands Forum
Fiji has been suspended from the Pacific Islands Forum and told that there was no place for a regime that displayed “such a total disregard for basic human rights.” The Pacific Islands Forum is a 16 nation group that…
More on the Situation in Fiji
Judges, lawyers, and judicial officers are being blocked from entering court buildings in Fiji, following the declaration of a state of emergency. Many individuals, including judges, the Director of Public Prosecutions, and the head of the Fiji Law Society, have reportedly been placed under house-arrest. …
More on the Situation in Fiji
The Situation in Fiji
On April 9, 2009, the Court of Appeals in Fiji ruled that the appointment of an Interim Government after the 2006 military coup was illegal.On April 10, 2009, the President of Fiji declared a state of emergency. This action suspended the Constitution of…
