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Raging Gunman Thrown Out Of Parliament Complex

Tuesday, 23 May 2000, 4:10 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: One of rebel leader George Speight's gunmen was thrown out of Parliament complex last night after he lost his cool, shouting he has "a call and duty to perform". More >>

Rebel Leader To Send Envoys To Chiefs Meeting

Tuesday, 23 May 2000, 4:09 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Rebel leader George Speight will not attend Fiji's traditional Great Council of Chiefs special meeting today but is expected to send two representatives. More >>

Fiji Coup: Insurrection leader slams media ban

Tuesday, 23 May 2000, 10:14 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA (Pacnews) - The leader of the armed group holding the Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, and his ministers hostage at the parliamentary complex, today strongly objected to a directive by the President, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara to place a restriction ... More >>

The coup leader with a 'fanatical streak'

Monday, 22 May 2000, 1:51 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: The leader of the kidnappers holding the Fiji Islands government captive in Parliament has been branded as a terrorist by both the Pacific country's president and the leading daily newspaper Fiji Times. More >>

Fiji coup - caught in the crossfire

Monday, 22 May 2000, 1:49 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

* Yaya, a first-year student journalist from Fiji, and Aurere, from Papua New Guinea, report on how they got caught in crossfire at the besieged Parliament in Fiji's armed insurrection. More >>

SCOOP LINKS: FIJI COUP MEDIA FREEDOM ALERT!!

Monday, 22 May 2000, 10:29 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH is an independent, non-profit, non-government organisation comprising journalists, lawyers, editors and other media workers, dedicated to examining issues of ethics, accountability, censorship, media freedom and media ownership in the Pacific ... More >>

Rebel Lands 'Minister' - I'll Abolish All Tenure

Monday, 22 May 2000, 8:51 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Interim Lands and Energy 'minister' Iliesa Duvuloco in the rebel government claims he will abolish all land tenure agreements between Fijian landowners and Indo-Fijian tenants. More >>

Amnesty International Plea For Release Of Captives

Monday, 22 May 2000, 8:49 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

LONDON: Amnesty International is increasingly concerned for the life and health of the victims of fundamental human rights abuses in Fiji's parliament complex and reiterates its calls for their immediate and unconditional release. More >>

Gunmen Free 10 Hostages In Fiji Insurrection

Monday, 22 May 2000, 8:44 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Ten government ministers and backbench MPs held hostage by armed gunmen in Fiji's Parliament in a self-styled "civil coup" were freed early today after being forced to resign from office. More >>

Ratu Mara Vows To Restore Constitutional Rule

Monday, 22 May 2000, 8:40 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Fiji's President, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, today vowed to restore constitutional rule peacefully and said yesterday's kidnapping of the elected government would be remembered as a day of shame. More >>

Rabuka, Armed Forces Loyal To Mara

Monday, 22 May 2000, 8:38 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Former coup leader Sitiveni Rabuka today declared that the dissident gunmen holding Fiji's elected government hostage were acting illegally and that he supported the constitutional government. More >>

Dissident Gunmen Claim Control Of Fiji Government

Monday, 22 May 2000, 8:36 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Civilian gunmen leader George Speight today defied mounting international condemnation of the kidnapping of Fiji's elected cabinet, claiming that his regime was now the legal government of the Pacific nation. More >>

HEALTH: Pohnpei declares emergency over cholera

Friday, 12 May 2000, 3:44 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

POHNPEI (Pacnews) - A state of emergency has been declared in the state of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) because of a major cholera outbreak, Pacnews reports. More >>

Fiji: Former Spy Linked To Striking Nurses

Friday, 12 May 2000, 3:42 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Nearly 1300 nurses are on strike today in what has been described as a politically-orchestrated move to bring the Government to its knees, the Daily Post reports. More >>

Fiji Uni Students Stage Protest

Friday, 12 May 2000, 3:41 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Close to 70 students of the University of the South Pacific boycotted classes for two hours yesterday, claiming that a joint selection committee breached its policy when it brought in an Australian vetting team to select a vice-chancellor, the Fiji ... More >>

Solomon Is. Bank Manager Hacked In Office

Thursday, 11 May 2000, 1:49 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (May 10): The spate of ethnic violence in Solomon Islands today escalated to a new level when a bank manager was hacked with a bush knife in his office this morning by intruders wearing hoods, reports Wantok Press. More >>

BPNG To Probe Bougainvilleans' Missing Money Claim

Wednesday, 10 May 2000, 5:18 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

PORT MORESBY: Papua New Guinea's Central Bank governor will investigate claims that Bougainvilleans have lost thousands of kina in savings after commercial banks closed their respective accounts during the crisis, Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta said ... More >>

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