Tag: Fiji coups
Rabuka acquitted on assets charge, free to contest 2018 general election
By Litia Cava in Suva
Former Prime Minister and Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) leader Sitiveni Rabuka is now sure to contest the 2018 general...
‘I was coerced into the 1987 coup,’ admits Sitiveni Rabuka
By Sri Krishnamurthi of Asia-Pacific Report
A repentant Sitiveni Rabuka, the Fiji military strongman who sparked off the country's "coup culture" in 1987, admits he...
Fiji stabilises, growth positive but still a big question over military...
As Fiji lurches towards stability and democracy, the military’s overwhelming presence is a reminder of what once was, and could happen again, as the...
Sedition, coup-era media law and nerves keep lid on Fiji press
With the date for this year’s second Fiji general election since the 2006 coup yet to be announced, one of the questions is will...
Fiji’s anti-corruption investigators charge Rabuka over ‘anomalies’
By RNZ Pacific
The leader of Fiji's main opposition party, Sitiveni Rabuka, was today charged by anti-corruption investigators, apparently over "anomalies" in his financial declarations.
The...
Jale Moala: Fiji’s longest day – George Speight and the march...
BRIEFING: By Jale Moala in Port Moresby
MAY 19, 2000: As editor of the Fiji Daily Post newspaper in Suva, I was expecting some big...
Jale Moala: The Fiji coup that started it all
FLASHBACK: Jale Moala, a former editor of the Fiji Daily Post, recalls the day of Fiji's coup.
It's the morning of 14 May 1987, just...
Coups, globalisation and Fiji’s reset structures of ‘democracy’
BOOKS: David Robie, editor of Pacific Journalism Review
When Commodore (now rear admiral retired and an elected prime minister) Voreqe Bainimarama staged Fiji’s fourth "coup...
Rabuka’s message to 1987 Fiji coup victims: ‘To you I say,...
By Litia Cava in Suva
Social Democratic Liberal Party leader and former military coup maker Sitiveni Rabuka says the rioting and assault on some Fijians...
Southern Cross: PNG election security, Fiji coups, Manus Island shooting, and...
Pacific Media Watch News Desk
Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie speaks to Radio 95bFM's The Wire host Amanda Jane Robinson about security operations...
Post-coup Rabuka crackdown as seen from Fiji Times editor’s ‘hot seat’
REVIEW: By Shailendra Singh
A Fiji Diary: Reminiscences and Reflections of a Newsman is a selection of revised and updated writings by Vijendra Kumar, a...
Wadan Narsey: Are there two sets of prosecuting rules in Fiji?
ANALYSIS: By Wadan Narsey in Suva
In 2016, two of Fiji’s main media organisations, the privately owned Fiji Times and state-owned Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, came...
Tribute to a free and independent Pacific media
REVIEW: By Erica George of Amnesty International NZ
"Mainstream journalism has failed to communicate not only peace, but also human rights in ways that have...
