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SOLOMON IS: PM agrees to resign in 'copy-cat' coup

Monday, 5 June 2000, 7:33 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Solomon Islands Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa'alu has today agreed to resign in what is being described as a "copy-cat coup" following the two-week-old Fiji insurrection, according to reports reaching here. More >>

SOLOMON IS: PM detained in military coup

Monday, 5 June 2000, 6:46 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

THERE are reports of militant action in Solomon Islands. The reports include militants setting up roadblocks and seizing installations in and near the capital, Honiara. More >>

'Democracy press' stays outspoken

Monday, 5 June 2000, 6:44 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: One of the features of Fiji's political crisis is the vigorous and pungent tone of debate in the three national newspapers in spite of military rule and the revoked 1997 constitution with its guarantee of free speech. More >>

Hostage's husband makes plea to exchange places

Monday, 5 June 2000, 6:40 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: A former newspaper editor married to one of 31 hostages held by rebel gunman in Fiji's Parliament today appealed to the captors to free his wife and take him instead. More >>

Fiji Coalition calls on military to restore law

Monday, 5 June 2000, 6:37 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Fiji's elected but ousted government has called on the commander of the Fiji Military Forces, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, to honour his pledge in restoring law and order. More >>

Fiji Commentary: Wandering between two worlds

Friday, 2 June 2000, 3:34 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

The abrogation of Fiji’s 1997 constitution has saddened me immensely. Part of the reason is personal. As a member of the three-man Fiji Constitution Review Commission, I had a small hand in devising it. Our report was a comprehensive document based ... More >>

Pacific Journalism Online Website Censored

Friday, 2 June 2000, 12:46 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

ADVISORY: Pacific Journalism Online website - the USP Journalism Programme's website - was disconnected late on Monday May 29, after the armed attack on Fiji Television the previous night which cut transmission and trashed the office. PJO and the journalism ... More >>

Rebels Want Siwatibau In Civilian Government

Friday, 2 June 2000, 12:37 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: A former Governor of Fiji's Reserve Bank who was a minister in the country's first coup administration, Savenaca Siwatibau, is one of rebel leader and Suva businessan George Speight's choices for Prime Minister. More >>

Military impose conditions for amnesty

Thursday, 1 June 2000, 9:32 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: The amnesty offered to Fiji's rebel leader George Speight and his group for the illegal takeover of the Mahendra Chaudhry-led government is tied to conditions laid down by the interim military government. More >>

Military commander claims support of Fijians

Thursday, 1 June 2000, 9:30 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Fiji's interim Head of State and army chief, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, says he has the support of most indigenous Fijians and has brushed aside defiant statements by the rebel leader. More >>

Rebel spokesman says military plan 'unacceptable'

Thursday, 1 June 2000, 9:28 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Rebel spokesman Ratu Timoci Silatolu tonight described proposals by the interim military government made at talks in a secret location for the future of Fiji as "unacceptable". More >>

The "Close-Up" Fiji TV Script Blamed For The Raid

Thursday, 1 June 2000, 8:53 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Fiji Television's programme "Close-up" last night featured media coverage of the insurrection and this reportedly led to the attack on the station's studio and offices by a mob of supporters of rebel leader George Speight. More >>

Comment: Can Fiji pick up the pieces again?

Wednesday, 31 May 2000, 11:35 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Its been 11 days since Fiji was once again plunged into the abyss of uncertainty and despair that the country experienced following the two military coups of 1987. More >>

Military Commander Says Speight Will Go Free

Wednesday, 31 May 2000, 10:49 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Fiji's rebel leader George Speight has committed a "criminal act" in seizing the elected government hostage but will go free, says military commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama. More >>

RSF Appeal For Military To Guarantee Press Freedom

Wednesday, 31 May 2000, 12:06 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

In a letter sent today to the new strongman of Fiji, Commodore Franck Bainamarama, Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) expressed concern about the deterioration of press freedom in the country after the ransacking of Fiji Television and threats made against ... More >>

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