Tag: Fiji coups
Shailendra Singh: How media can help unravel Fiji’s social cohesion puzzle
By Shailendra Bahadur Singh in Suva
Conflict and insufficient social cohesion are the biggest challenges in Fiji, and all and any efforts to mitigate and...
Moce Sri Krishnamurthi . . . sports journalist, democracy activist, storyteller and advocate
OBITUARY: By David Robie
New Zealand-adopted Fiji journalist, sports writer, national news agency reporter, anti-coup activist, media freedom advocate, storyteller and mentor Sri Krishnamurthi has...
Flashback 1989: Rising storm in the Pacific
On 10 July 2023 -- marking the 1985 bombing of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior -- Television New Zealand began broadcasting a BBC/Oxford Scientific...
Fijians are ‘fed up’ – no more coups in modern politics, says Ratuva
By Shayal Devi in Suva
“Our people are fed up with coups” — this is the message from renowned Fijian academic Professor Steven Ratuva as...
2000 Fiji coup leader George Speight applies for presidential pardon
By Vijay Narayan in Suva
Fiji’s 2000 coup leader George Speight, who has been serving time in prison for more than 20 years, has applied...
Fiji President welcomes inclusive ‘new dawn’ for Great Council of Chiefs
By Iliesa Tora and Kelvin Anthony
Chiefs are to serve people and not to be served, Fiji President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere told the Great Council...