Tag: Fiji coup culture
Fiji universities criticised for ‘great shame’ of ignoring coup impacts
By Anish Chand in Suva
Fiji’s universities have been criticised for failing to study the long-term effects of the country’s repeated political upheavals on the...
‘Race was used as a weapon’ – Fiji coup frontman urged...
By Margot Staunton of RNZ Pacific
Mahendra Chaudhry -- a former Fiji prime minister removed from power and held hostage during the 2000 coup --...
Former coup leader re-enters Fiji political debate with challenge to immunity...
By Margot Staunton of RNZ Pacific
George Speight -- a former coup frontman in Fiji -- is calling on the perpetrators of the country's past...
Fiji will remain unstable while Indigenous people are economically sidelined, says...
By Margot Staunton of RNZ Pacific
A former coup convict in Fiji claims the country will remain unstable while the Indigenous iTaukei are economically marginalised.
Josefa...
Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups
RNZ Pacific
Sitiveni Rabuka, the instigator of Fiji's coup culture, took to the witness stand for the first time today -- fronting the Truth and...
Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing
Pacific Media Watch
Taieri MP Ingrid Leary reflected on her years in Fiji as a television journalist and media educator at a Fiji Centre function...
Speight’s Fiji coup had more to do with power, greed than...
By Vijay Narayan, news editor of Fijivillage News
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the May 19, 2000, coup led by renegade businessman George Speight.
The...
Fijian lawmakers vote for truth-telling body to ‘heal coup pains, scars’
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's Parliament has passed a motion for the coalition government to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission "to facilitate open and free engagement...
