Fiji Daily Post Editor Arrested
The Fijian military has arrested the editor of the Fiji Daily Post and ordered his immediate deportation to Australia. (Hat tip: No Right Turn)
[Editor-in-Chief Robert] Wolfgramm said his removal was probably because the paper was “a voice for democracy” in the 20 months he held the post.
He continued to maintain “it is not the place of the military to have a political role”.
The deportation followed a meeting when staff were warned to tone down the content of images and anti-military sentiment it had been publishing.
This attack on Fiji’s press freedom is just the latest in a series of crackdowns the military has launched since the coup.
Update 16/12/06: Wolfgramm is back at work after complaining to the Fiji Human Rights Commission. (Hat tip: Anonymous comment on the NRT post.)
December 15th, 2006 at 4:30 pm
As I have said time and time again Bainimarama is an evil dictator.
July 9th, 2008 at 6:22 am
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