Posted: January 20, 2010 | Author: PacificEyeWitness.com | Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, Fiji Coup, NZPacific, Opinion & Commentary, Politics, South Pacific Region | Tags: abuses, amnesty, beach, calm, Church, color, copy space, dusk, evening, fiji, fijians, horizon, human, international, kcd-00288, ks112675, methodist, nature, negative space, nobody, outdoor, palm trees, paradise, peaceful, rights, scenic, sea, serenity, silhouette, South Pacific, sunset, tranquility, tropical, tropical beach, tropical island, tropical pacific, tropics |
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Sunset in Fiji
Amnesty International Public Statement
Fiji: Downward spiral continues for human rights following persecution of prominent human rights lawyer
The Fiji government has started the new year with renewed attacks against people’s right to freedom of expression through threats, intimidation, discrimination, and the cynical use of the law as a tool of oppression.
The persecution, under legal pretexts, of prominent human rights lawyer Ms Imrana Jalal by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) is the latest example of such repression. The prosecution of Jalal has been specifically targeted to punish her for her strong public stance against human rights violations perpetrated by the military since its overthrow of the Laisenia Qarase-led government in December 2006. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Author: PacificEyeWitness.com | Filed under: Breaking News, Community, Current, Earthquake Tsunami Samoa/AmSampa 09, Environment, NZPacific, South Pacific Region, Tourism | Tags: I love the islands, islands, lalomanu, nature, palm trees, paradise, samoa, samoa tsunami, savage, South Coast, Tourism, Upolu |
Check this out if you’re interested in seeing what the South Coast of Upolu looked like, before what Samoa’s Tourism Minister calls ‘Black Tuesday’, following the 8.3 magnitude strong earthquake which struck 200km from Samoa’s capital Apia last Tuesday.
The quake triggered a tsunami wave up to 7 metres across areas of the island.
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Fiji: Amnesty International Speaks Out Against Human Rights Abuses
Posted: January 20, 2010 | Author: PacificEyeWitness.com | Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, Fiji Coup, NZPacific, Opinion & Commentary, Politics, South Pacific Region | Tags: abuses, amnesty, beach, calm, Church, color, copy space, dusk, evening, fiji, fijians, horizon, human, international, kcd-00288, ks112675, methodist, nature, negative space, nobody, outdoor, palm trees, paradise, peaceful, rights, scenic, sea, serenity, silhouette, South Pacific, sunset, tranquility, tropical, tropical beach, tropical island, tropical pacific, tropics | Leave a comment[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=fiji&iid=88142″ src=”0084/25cab0cc-9d3d-4284-80d1-617ca534a178.jpg?adImageId=9301135&imageId=88142″ width=”500″ height=”333″ /]
Sunset in Fiji
Amnesty International Public Statement
Fiji: Downward spiral continues for human rights following persecution of prominent human rights lawyer
The Fiji government has started the new year with renewed attacks against people’s right to freedom of expression through threats, intimidation, discrimination, and the cynical use of the law as a tool of oppression.
The persecution, under legal pretexts, of prominent human rights lawyer Ms Imrana Jalal by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) is the latest example of such repression. The prosecution of Jalal has been specifically targeted to punish her for her strong public stance against human rights violations perpetrated by the military since its overthrow of the Laisenia Qarase-led government in December 2006. Read the rest of this entry »