Comments on: Fiji: Bloggers debate media censorship

By: Global Voices em Português » Fiji: Polícia detém e apreende laptops de três blogueiros suspeitos de ligação com blog anti-governo

Sat, 23 May 2009 02:54:11 +0000

[...] mandato de cinco anos [en]. Pouco depois disso, o governo decretou uma série de leis emergenciais regulando a imprensa [en] (entre outras coisas). As leis, que foram extendidas por mais 30 dias no dia 10 de maio, [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Fiji: Police detain, seize laptops of three suspected bloggers

Fri, 22 May 2009 05:55:08 +0000

[...] to a five-year term. Shortly after, the government passed a series of public emergency rules regulating the media (among other things). The rules, which were extended for another 30 days on May 10, forbid the [...]

By: BBC: CRISIS IN FIJI - Daily Babel

BBC: CRISIS IN FIJI - Daily Babel — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:18:02 +0000

[...] Voices, which focuses on international blogs, reports that military commander Frank Bainimarama told a Fiji-born journalist now living and working in [...]

By: JQ

JQ — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:51:15 +0000

I was a tourist visiting Fiji in January from the US, and loved your country. I was sympathetic to the current regime and the difficulties it faces insuring a fair electoral system. But today I cannot recommend to my friends that they visit as I did. We have just too much uncertainty about what’s really happening in the country. A free press, even if it comes at the cost of occasional “rumour , speculation and innuendo aimed at humiliating senior public figures” is the only guarantee I know of that truth will not be suppressed.

Fiji can survive without tourism, but does it want to?

By: Aussie & Kiwi Interference unwelcome

Aussie & Kiwi Interference unwelcome — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:10:10 +0000

Leave Fiji alone! We don’t need you, your journalists, or your one-sided trade agreement.

By: warren

warren — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:57:59 +0000

Following my personal curiosity with regards to the events leading from one coup to another, in particular the most recent, I acknowledged the surfacing of a kindling instinctive drive to enquire into the so called ‘game’ and the players of that game, all I can sum up is that if it’s not such a good game to play, decide to opt out of it and see why
before endeavouring to begin a new one! Certainly no one will be forced to learn a game, because for something to be called game, it’s supposed to
have an intrinsic element of fun to it. If the former work
to decide, stop and ask ‘why’ is complete there is every reason to believe that it could ferment new possibilities
for the future. By the way, there there is ‘no hurry…’
for the new ‘game’ to begin.
Haste doesn’t clear the foulness of a game deidedly undesirable nor does it give proper caress for any formerly spent exertions, noble or not. In all honesty, let the rainbow
show of it’s own and for the moment one can be grateful as ever for the promise of the rains…

Why…???