Tag: Sedition
How former Greens MP Keith Locke often became a voice for...
OBITUARY: By Philip Cass of Kaniva Tonga
A New Zealand politician and human rights activist with a strong connection to Tonga’s Democracy movement and other...
No sedition charges against Kanak pro-independence leader, says prosecutor
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
The president of New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party Daniel Goa will not be prosecuted for alleged calls for violence...
Priests post bail in Philippines ‘Bikoy’ videos sedition case
By Joenner Paulo L. Enriquez and Ma. Alena O. Castillo in Manila
Thomasian priests Fr Albert Alejo and Fr Flaviano Villanueva have posted P10,000 (NZ$310)...
Philippines court orders arrest of Trillanes, 10 others on sedition charge
By Lian Buan in Manila
A Philippines court has issued arrest warrants against former senator Antonio Trillanes IV and 10 other people for conspiracy to...
Fiji judge orders retrial in ‘hate graffiti’ spray painting sedition case
By Jessica Savike in Suva
Fiji High Court judge Justice Vinsent Perera has ordered a retrial of former opposition SODELPA parliamentarian Mosese Bulitavu and Fiji...
Fiji’s media decree and ‘draconian’ approach difficult, says publisher
By Koro Vaka'uta of RNZ Pacific
The outgoing general manager and publisher of The Fiji Times says his job has been made difficult by the...
Fiji Times Four ‘relieved’ sedition newspaper freedom ordeal is over
By Geraldine Panapasa, editor-in-chief of Wansolwara
“Relief!”
That was the word from Fiji Times Ltd publisher Hank Arts after High Court judge Justice Thushara Rajasinghe acquitted...
Fiji newspaper sedition trial – Fiji Times Four found not guilty
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The High Court in Suva has found the Fiji Times Ltd, its three senior executives and a letter writer not guilty...
Justice Rajasinghe to deliver Fiji Times sedition trial verdict on Tuesday
By Litia Cava in Suva
High Court judge Justice Thushara Rajasinghe is set to deliver his verdict on Tuesday after the three assessors returned with...
Fiji Times sedition trial assessors give unanimous ‘not guilty’ opinion
By Talebula Kate in Suva
The three assessors in The Fiji Times sedition trial tonight returned a unanimous not guilty opinion on all counts.
They found...
‘Jail for life’ offer for freedom of co-accused in Fiji sedition...
By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka, Fiji
One accused walked away a free man yesterday while another offered to serve a life sentence if the High...
Drop ‘politically-motivated’ sedition case against Fiji Times, says AI
The Fijian authorities must immediately drop politically-motivated sedition charges against The Fiji Times newspaper group, says Amnesty International.
“By charging The Fiji Times with sedition,...
Prosecutors consider sedition charges against Fiji Times publisher and editor
By Vijay Narayan and Semi Turaga in Suva
Fiji's Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Lee Burney has informed the High Court in Suva that the...
