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Police Attack Journalists
Monday, 2 October 2000, 2:21 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
police chief, General (Police) Suroyo Bimantoro, by the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), of which AJI is a member: More >>
Retired Publisher, Opposition Call For Treason
Monday, 2 October 2000, 9:41 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (PMW): A retired newspaper publisher and the opposition party defeated in Fiji's 1999 general election and implicated in the May insurrection have independently called for treason charges against deposed elected Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry for ... More >>
Reports Highlight Militant Threats To Journalist
Monday, 2 October 2000, 9:39 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
HONIARA (PMW): An international news agency and world media freedom and human rights groups have hightlighted reports that a Solomon Islands journalist is in grave danger from a militant group which has seized the country's government. More >>
Retired Publisher, Opposition Call For Treason
Sunday, 1 October 2000, 11:06 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (PMW): A retired newspaper publisher and the opposition party defeated in Fiji's 1999 general election and implicated in the May insurrection have independently called for treason charges against deposed elected Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry for ... More >>
Reports Highlight Militant Threats To Journalist
Sunday, 1 October 2000, 11:05 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
HONIARA (PMW): An international news agency and world media freedom and human rights groups have hightlighted reports that a Solomon Islands journalist is in grave danger from a militant group which has seized the country's government. More >>
Journalist Duran Angiki Threatened
Friday, 29 September 2000, 1:07 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SOLOMON ISLANDS Duran Angiki (journalist), his wife and 3 children and Dykes Angiki (Duran Angiki's uncle), his wife and 7 children are in grave danger after they have repeatedly been threatened by an armed opposition group. More >>
USP Staff Condemn 'Threatening' Memo
Thursday, 28 September 2000, 9:33 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The University of the South Pacific's staff association has condemned Vice-Chancellor Esekia Solofa over a controversial memo threatening staff with suspension and has appealed to the administration to defend academic freedom. More >>
Provost Orders USP Students To Hold Elections
Thursday, 28 September 2000, 9:31 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: University of the South Pacific authorities have overturned a bid by the students association to not have elections this year and roll over the controversial presidency of Veresi Bainivualiku. More >>
Fiji Times Acknowledges Letter Threat Inquiry
Tuesday, 26 September 2000, 9:30 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (PMW): The Fiji Times, the country's main daily newspaper, has finally acknowledged a furore over a letter published in its columns apparently advocating violence. More >>
PNG Parliament On Alert
Tuesday, 26 September 2000, 9:08 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
THERE is a heavy police presence around the Papua New Guinea Parliament following reports of a planned protest by soldiers, reports ABC Online News. More >>
Feature: Criminals Hold Honiara Citizens 'Hostage'
Monday, 25 September 2000, 10:37 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
GIZO, Solomon Islands (WP): Escalating ethnic violence in the national capital of the British former colony in the Solomons, Honiara, has now become "business as usual". More >>
Military To Probe Brutality Allegations
Monday, 25 September 2000, 10:35 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The Fiji military forces said today alleged acts of brutality by soldiers will be investigated as a newspaper editorial warned there could be no justification for attacks on civilians. More >>
USP Chief Warns Campus Over Race, Politics
Monday, 25 September 2000, 10:33 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Vice-Chancellor Esekia Solofa has warned staff and students of the University of the South Pacific they risk being suspended for any ethnic or political offence "likely to damage trust" between campus communities. More >>
Villagers In Fear Of Military
Monday, 25 September 2000, 10:22 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Fiji villagers in the western area of Wainibuka live in fear after soldiers stormed their houses in search of prison escapee Alifereti Nimacere, reports the Fiji Times. More >>
Police Probe Threatening Letter In Fiji Times
Monday, 25 September 2000, 10:20 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (PMW): Fiji's acting Police Commissioner Moses Driver has confirmed police are investigating a controversial letter published in the Fiji Times daily newspaper purporting to threaten pro-democracy advocates in the country, according to news ... More >>
French Journalists Escape From Abu Sayyaf Captors
Friday, 22 September 2000, 8:38 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
Two journalists from France 2 television, held hostage since 9 July 2000, were brought to a military camp in Jolo, Sulu, in the Southern Philippines, early in the morning (6:30 a.m. local time) on Wednesday 20 September, after escaping from their Abu Sayyaf ... More >>
Fiji Times Letter Triggers Complaint To Police
Friday, 22 September 2000, 8:32 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: A leading Fiji constitutional rights group has filed a formal complaint with the police over a letter in the Fiji Times newspaper apparently threatening pro-democracy advocates with violence. More >>
Interim Minister Faces Insurrection Questions
Thursday, 21 September 2000, 10:51 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: A minister in Fiji's military installed interim administration will be questioned by police for his alleged involvement in a barricade during the the country's recent insurrection, according to the Fiji Times. More >>
French Journalists Vulnerable Amid Jolo Fighting
Wednesday, 20 September 2000, 11:32 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
**Updates IFEX alerts of 29, 18 and 18 August, 28, 25, 12 and 10 July 2000** More >>
Philippines Radio Station Bombed
Wednesday, 20 September 2000, 11:29 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
(CMFR/IFEX) - The DXWO radio station was bombed on the night of Wednesday 13 September 2000, in Pagadian City, in North Cotabato, a province in Southern Philippines. Pagadian Police Chief Maj. Dionisio Perdiguez and three witnesses said they saw two men leaving ... More >>
