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Elected Government Condemns Chiefs' Offer

Saturday, 27 May 2000, 5:40 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: The elected government of the Fiji Islands has reacted with alarm to the chiefs' proposals to resolve the week-old hostage crisis, branding the resolutions as "unconstitutional". More >>

Captive's Son Pleads For His Mother

Saturday, 27 May 2000, 5:36 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: The son of Fiji's Minister of Women, Lavenia Padarath, one of the hostages held by gunment in the Parliament complex, has sent a plea to rebel leader George Speight. More >>

Cameraman, Two Soldiers Wounded In Gunfire

Saturday, 27 May 2000, 5:32 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: A foreign cameraman, a Briton attached to Associated Press television news service, and two soldiers were taken to hospital today after being wounded in a shooting incident at a military checkpoint near the Parliament complex. More >>

Analysis: How Speight Has Shattered Democracy

Friday, 26 May 2000, 1:27 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

"Speight has trained his sight on the Indians, but he is also leading a middle class revolution against the Fijian establishment symbolised by Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. ... [the revolt touches] deeper issues about the structure of power in traditional ... More >>

Grassroots Fijians Don't Support Chiefs - Rebel

Friday, 26 May 2000, 1:19 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Support by indigenous Fijians towards the chiefs in Fiji appeared slim today after the rejection of the proposals to resolve the week-old hostage crisis from the Great Council of Chiefs by self-proclaimed Prime Minister George Speight and ... More >>

Rebel Leader Admits Manhandling Captive PM

Friday, 26 May 2000, 9:31 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

Rebel leader George Speight has admitted "manhandling" Fiji's captive Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, according to radio reports. Radio Fiji said today he revealed this while addressing a crowd at the Parliament complex. More >>

"The Day I Was Kissed By A Coup Leader"

Friday, 26 May 2000, 9:21 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

"As much as I wanted to go to Fiji's Parliament, I was very aware that with my Indian looks crossing the line into the Parliament where all the indigenous Fijians were gathering, would be kind of scary. But journalism got the better of me...." More >>

Opinion: What Should Happen If Speight Gives Up?

Thursday, 25 May 2000, 4:50 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

Jone Dakuvula is the former organising secretary of the Fiji Labour Party, a former media adviser to ex-Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, a former adviser to Opposition Leader Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, and is currently with the Citizens' Constitutional Forum ... More >>

Speight May Face Treason, Kidnapping Charges

Thursday, 25 May 2000, 3:54 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SPEIGHT MAY FACE TREASON, KIDNAPPING CHARGES 25 May 2000: 12.30pm By Peter Emberson USP Journalism Programme More >>

Chiefs Still Talking Over Fate Of Hostage-Taker

Thursday, 25 May 2000, 10:41 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Fiji's traditional Great Council of Chiefs were today still debating the future of the captive "people's coalition" government and hostage taker George Speight with the discussion spilling into a third day tomorrow. More >>

Fiji journalists threatened in hostage crisis

Thursday, 25 May 2000, 10:33 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Staff members of the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation have been given 24-hour police protection after reporters were threatened by a group claiming to represent coup leader George Speight, the Fiji Times reports. More >>

Rebel Leader Rejects Envoys' Appeal Free Hostages

Thursday, 25 May 2000, 10:29 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Rebel leader George Speight has refused an appeal by two international envoys for immediate and unconditional release of Fiji's elected government, held hostage for the past six days in the Pacific nation's Parliament. More >>

Fiji TV Protests To President About 'Fairness'

Wednesday, 24 May 2000, 3:04 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Fiji Television has lodged a complaint with President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara calling on fairness to both local and foreign journalists entering the Parliament complex - where the elected Fiji government is being held hostage - to report on ... More >>

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