Pacific Press Release – Pacific Media Watch, 23 November 2009

CHANGES TO BROADCASTING RULES IN FIJI DRAW MIXED RESPONSE

SUVA (Radio New Zealand/Pacific Media Watch): One of Fiji’s main commercial broadcasters says changes made by the interim government to broadcasting rules don’t present a threat to freedom of expression in Fiji.
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Pacific Press Release – Pacific Media Watch, 22 November 2009

FIJI DENIES FURTHER CLAMPDOWN ON MEDIA

SUVA (Radio New Zealand/Pacific Media Watch): The military-led regime in Fiji is rejecting claims it has revoked broadcasting licences to clamp down further on the media.
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Pacific Press Release – Pacific Media Watch, 21 November 2009

FIJI STRIPS LICENCES FROM BROADCASTERS

By Rowan Callick

SYDNEY (The Australian/Pacific Media Watch): The military-installed  Fiji government has removed all broadcasting licences and given  Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum the absolute power to renew or  redistribute them without any compensation to those whose licences are  stripped.
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The Fiji lawcourts in Suva ... the old Parliament House, scene of the 1987 coups. Photo: PMC

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By Pacific Media Centre news desk

After 100 years of existence, the Fiji Penal Code has been finally overhauled and replaced with a new Crimes Decree, Fiji Broadcasting Corporation News reports.

The Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said at a media conference the new Crimes Decree would bring about  some “ground breaking provisions” into the criminal justice system.
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Pacific Press Release – Pacific Media Watch, 1 November 2009

FIJI ATTORNEY-GENERAL SELF-DESTRUCTS ON MEDIA FREEDOM

RAROTONGA (Pacific Freedom Forum/Pacific Media Watch): Fiji’s Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has erased his own credibility with “delusional” notions that Fiji has a free media, says regional media watchdog Pacific Freedom Forum.
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Sayed-Khaiyum's message for Fiji journalists ... "analyse and question more". Photo: Radio Fiji

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By Nanise Nawalowao in Suva

Fiji’s Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has called on journalists to think outside the box and cover vital stories facing a nation.
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Pacific Press Release – Pacific Media Watch, 13 September 2009

6424 A DIFFERENT COUP

By Carmen Parahi of Māori Television

AUCKLAND (Sunday Star-Times/Pacific Media Watch): It took three years, several reporters and many phone calls and emails to nail our exclusive interview with Josaia Voreqe Frank Bainimarama.
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