Fiji: Foreign Journalists Deported, Media Censored in State of Emergency Sources News Release
http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR329.htm
Publisher: International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) Date Written: 17/04/09 Year Published: 2009 Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) are demanding that Fiji's military government stop deporting journalists and censoring the media after the government declared a 30-day state of emergency last
Abstract: The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) are demanding that Fiji's military government stop deporting journalists and censoring the media after the government declared a 30-day state of emergency last week.
Fiji President Ratu Josefa Iloilo declared the emergency on 10 April, overturning the constitution and firing the judiciary, after the court of appeal ruled that a December 2006 coup led by Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama was illegal, said... To read the full release go to http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR329.htm
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