The Fiji Coup and Unrest

FRONTLINE REPORTERS: A STUDENTS' INTERNET COUP
By David Robie, Pacific Journalism Review, 7(1)47-56
~ a post-coup review, published September 2001

An archive of news stories, commentary, analysis, email and photos from May 19, 2000 and events that followed through September 2000.

Note to readers: While Fiji continues to suffer the disasterous affects of the overthrow of a democratically elected government and the violence that followed, shattering their economy, the people of Fiji are moving to rebuild their country and share in a debate on the best way to go about it. I will continue to update this section with major events which I hope will include the holding of national elections sometime in the near future. In the meantime, I leave this material online and offer it to you as an archive of the events beginning May 19th and generally returning to some semblance of peace by September. - MJF

At right: Speight sports some beard growth as he's taken to face charges in court. Fiji Village News Photo.

Most Recent News Stories from the Pacific

September 4th

• HIGH COURT DIRECTIVE BLOCKS SPEIGHT'S IMMUNITY DEFENCE - PacNews

• Constitution Review Commission to look at the powers of the Great Council of Chiefs; Chaudhry rejects interim government's move to review the 1997 Constitution - PacNews

September 1st

• Movement for Democracy in Fiji: HUMAN RIGHTS DISSIDENT DEFENDS HIS ACTIONS

• FIJI TIMES CHALLENGES MOVE TOWARDS NEW CONSTITUTION - PacNews

August 30th

• EXPATRIATE WORK PERMITS EASIER FOR FIJI INVESTORS - PIR

• CLOSED POLICE CHIEF INQUIRY BRANDED 'SHOCKING'; Fiji offers cheap holiday packages to lure tourists - PacNews

• CHAUDHRY DENIES ACCUSING US GOVERNMENT - PacNews

August 29th

• DEPOSED GOVERNMENT LOST PROPAGANDA WAR, SAYS TV JOURNALIST - PacNews

• Inquiry into Fiji Police Commissioner's coup involvement held in camera - PacNews

• LAWYER BLASTS POLICE INVESTIGATIONS- PacNews

• USP STAFF CALL FOR 'SOUL-SEARCHING' - PacNews

August 28th

• BLUEPRINT WON'T WORK, SAYS BABA - PacNews

August 27th

• DAILY POST GROUP VOWS TO SPEAK OUT - PacNews

• COALITION TO TAKE SPEIGHT AND CO TO COURT IF FREED - PacNews

August 26th

• EMBASSY CLEARS AIR - PacNews

• NEW INTELLIGENCE UNIT PLANNED -PacNews

August 25th

• STUDENTS DENY CAMPUS 'TERROR' - PacNews

• USP STUDENT LEADER FINED $150 FOR 'MANHANDLING' INDIAN - PacNews

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Viewpoints, Commentaries, Editorials

• COMMENTARY: MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRACY IN FIJI -
  By Raymond Croxon Q C. - PIR

• Commentary: WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE MODERN WORLD By Patrick Craddock - PacNews

• Commentary: FIJI'S IRONIES AND MUDDLED MYTHS By David Robie-PacNews

• Commentary: DARK DAY REMINDERS By Patrick Craddock - PacNews

Archives of earlier Analysis, Commentaries and Viewpoints

Wansolwara Vol 5, No. 2 online

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BACK TO LGD HOME

NEW ADDITIONS BELOW:

A Letter to Readers - mjf

Letters from Fiji

Satire in Times of Crisis?
(LGD is not responsible for the bad taste of the writers...)

• Speight Joke story - Informed Source

• An Editorial Cartoon (Fiji Times?)

• McSpeight letter to World

• The McSpeight Burger

• Speight Travel Agency

Some friends & readers

• 8th August - catching up

• 27th July-My Crystal ball

• 26th July-New development

• 20th July - us in Suva

• 16th July - N Singh Letter

• 16th July - Current news?

• 11th July - on Rebels

• 10th July - "The Fiji Black LIST"

• 10th July - Broken Loose

• 8th July - Wrecks

• 8th July - Hi from Suva

• 1st July - Saturday in Suva

• 25th June - A Farce

• 29th May - We're Safe

• 26th May - Banana Republic

• 24-25th May - Under Duress

Pat Craddock

• 18th June - suva -4 am sunday

• 16th June - Waiting for
  the Winner

• 2nd June - Ironies

• 30th May - Suva in the Morning

• 30th May - Intermittent News

• 26th May - A Sad Day

• 25th May - A Little Girl's Birthday

• 23rd May - Theatre is Irony

• 23rd May - Thanks for Email

• 22nd May - And it was her birthday!

• 22nd May - Taking a Closer and Personal look.

• 22nd May - Rambuka's Children...a poem

• 22nd May - Rumours & Division

Seona Smiles

• 22nd May -Women's Network

Photographs

8/13 - Speight faces charges - FVN

8/11 - Ligairi as Prisoner - BBC

8/11 - Speight as Prisoner - BBC

8/11 - Speight w/bandage - BBC

8/04 - Nukulau Island Prison - FijiLive

New Cabinet - BBC

• Archived Photos

NEWS LINKS!

USP Journalism (gagged site "mirror")
(This site dates to May 27th and is hosted by UN SIDS)

USP Journo Programme

Pacific Journalism Online (USP Journo student articles being hosted by UTS)

Cafe Pacific (David Robie - USP Journo professor's site)

Asia Pacific (David Robie's main page)

Wansolwara (being hosted by Looking Glass Design)

TALANOA Discussion (USP's Journo discussion page - still online at US server.)

PacNews

Pacific Island Report

Fiji Live

BusinessLive

Fiji Village News (FM96)

BBC

Sydney Morning Herald

New Zealand Herald

Australian Broadcasting Co.

The Australian

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