Archive: Fiji – why the media were also Speight’s hostages
Some reporters and news organisations were too ready to give legitimacy to George Speight's "two bit" rebellion. The Fiji print media in particular failed...
Fiji’s ‘civil coup’ rebels free 10 MP hostages
By David Robie in Suva
Ten government ministers and backbench MPs held hostage by gunnmen in Fiji's Parliament in a self-styled "civil coup" were freed...
Fiji coup 2000: Protests over USP journalism website shutdown
Pacific Media Watch
Journalism schools and media freedom groups have protested to the University of the South Pacific for suspending its Pacific Journalism Online website,...
Archive: University of the South Pacific shuts down journalism website
By Mithleshni Gurdayal
Journalism students at the University of the South Pacific have expressed dismay over the forced shutdown of their website, Pacific Journalism Online...
Archive: Fiji: The Internet Coup
By Jeremy Rose
The Fijians have taken to calling them "parachute journalists". The reporters, that is, who drop in from around the globe to file...
Archive: Council considers what to do about coup leader with ‘fanatical streak’
By David Robie in Suva
Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs is meeting at a military camp near Suva to decide how to respond to the...