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    <title>IFEX - Fiji</title>
    <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/</link>
    <description>Fiji</description>
    <language>en</language>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:00:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - IFJ cautiously welcomes end of Public Emergency Regulations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2012/01/03/emergency_regulations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[During his New Year’s address to the nation, Commodore Frank Bainimarama announced that the regulations, in place since April 2009, will be removed to allow preparations for the drafting of a new national constitution.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2012/01/03/emergency_regulations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Rights groups call on government to end attacks on free expression]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2011/12/05/end_rights_abuses/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On the fifth anniversary of the coup d'etat by Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, the military government is continuing its aggressive attacks on free speech and critics of the regime.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2011/12/05/end_rights_abuses/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Regime's bullying of media continues with contempt case]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2011/11/23/fiji_times_court_case/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A "contempt" case was filed against the "Fiji Times" after it published an interview containing comments about the judiciary that offended the attorney general.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2011/11/23/fiji_times_court_case/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Union members arrested for trying to publicly discuss new decree]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2011/08/16/unionists_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Daniel Urai and Dinesh Gounder were arrested for trying to discuss the new Essential Industries Decree, which has roused international concern about workers' rights.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2011/08/16/unionists_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - PFF invites information secretary to meet with Pacific journalists to discuss media freedom]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2011/06/06/think_fiji_first/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The media monitoring group was responding to a statement by the information secretary urging journalists to "Think Fiji first" and report in a"fair and balanced way."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2011/06/06/think_fiji_first/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - PFF calls on government to lift Public Emergency Regulations, allow media to report freely]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2011/05/31/call_to_lift_per/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The restrictive regulations prevent journalists from reporting the news without prior approval by the authorities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 12:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2011/05/31/call_to_lift_per/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Regime intimidation of journalists continues]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2011/02/24/chaudhary_questioned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Felix Chaudhary, a journalist for the "Fiji Times", was taken in for questioning by military officers while covering a public function.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2011/02/24/chaudhary_questioned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - IFJ calls for censors to exit newsrooms]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2011/02/11/remove_censors/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The regime pledged to lift the regulations when the Media Industry Development Decree was gazetted on 25 June 2010 but the censors remain.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2011/02/11/remove_censors/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Spin and silence reign as Fiji clampdown on free speech continues, says PFF]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/10/12/rika_departure/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Netani Rika, long-serving editor of the "Fiji Times", was reportedly forced to leave his job because of extraordinary pressure.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/10/12/rika_departure/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Journalist detained overnight, questioned over story posted on news website  

]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/08/04/naidu_questioned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Richard Naidu ran a story stating Fiji's military police head, Esala Teleni, had been suspended.   ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/08/04/naidu_questioned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - New press law gives sweeping powers to military regime]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/07/07/media_decree/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New media legislation in Fiji permits government-appointed officials to arbitrarily seize media equipment and documents, force journalists to reveal their sources and fine media organisations up to $100,000 Fiji Dollars (around  US $53,000), report the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and other IFEX members.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/07/07/media_decree/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - New controls over media industry and journalists deepen loss of free speech, says PFF]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/06/30/media_decree/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new media decree legislates registration of all media outlets with a regime-endorsed "authority" given sweeping powers to protect the national and public interests.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/06/30/media_decree/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Media decree must be opposed, says IFJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/04/08/media_decree/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to IFJ, the decree strictly limits the media's ability to regain its role as a critical watchdog on the accountability of power-holders. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/04/08/media_decree/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - PFF welcomes regime lifting of media ban, calls for open dialogue]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/04/06/media_decree_consultations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["Fiji Times" and Fiji TV had previously been banned from participating in discussions over a proposed media decree.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/04/06/media_decree_consultations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - UN Rights Council should press military government to reverse growing crackdown on dissent, says Human Rights Watch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/02/11/return_to_democratic_rule/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Fiji will undergo its first Universal Periodic Review before the UN's Human Rights Council in Geneva on 11 February 2010.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/02/11/return_to_democratic_rule/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Continuation of hearings against human rights trainer form part of ongoing clampdown on free speech, says PFF]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/01/27/jalal_case/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hearings are scheduled to continue against Imrana Jalal in a case brought against her by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/01/27/jalal_case/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - PFF urges military regime to drop proposed media law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/01/25/media_decree/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The regime has damaged its own credibility by banning mainstream media outlets from participating in the consultation process for the new law, says PFF.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2010/01/25/media_decree/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - ASTW decides not to hold annual general meeting in Fiji]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/12/15/astw_decision/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The IFJ urged the ASTW to rethink a proposal to conduct the meeting in Fiji in view of the military regime's strict censorship.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/12/15/astw_decision/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Academic deported after commenting on political situation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/11/05/brij_deported/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[PFF condemned the illegal detention, assault and deportation of Professor Brij Lal.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/11/05/brij_deported/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Attorney general erases credibilty with claim that media can report freely, says PFF]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/11/04/media_freedom_debate/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to media reports, during a seminar at a university the attorney general said, "Are journalists being locked up? Are journalists being told what to write? No!"]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/11/04/media_freedom_debate/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - PFF calls on military regime to relax stranglehold on media as Fiji Media Council chooses new leader]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/10/06/fmc_review/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The transition of leadership at the council will come to nothing if the military regime does not relax its stranglehold on free media and free speech, PFF says.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/10/06/fmc_review/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - In light of regime's censorship, IFJ urges Australian Society of Travel Writers to rethink meeting in Fiji]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/10/05/astw_urged_to_rethink_meeting/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The IFJ said ASTW members would be compromising their integrity to accept the hospitality of the regime in the current circumstances.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/10/05/astw_urged_to_rethink_meeting/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Newspaper editor threatened in pro-regime blog]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/09/02/rika_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A threatening message against a newspaper editor recently appeared on a pro-Fiji regime blog.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/09/02/rika_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Zealand - PFF urges investigation into broadcaster's suspension]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/new_zealand/2009/07/17/ligalevu_reinstated/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[PFF is encouraging the management of Pacific Islands radio station Niu FM 531pi to launch an investigation into the suspension - and then reinstatement - of veteran Fiji journalist Bulou Amalaini Ligalevu.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/new_zealand/2009/07/17/ligalevu_reinstated/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - PFF warns global media conference to "watch out for government interference"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/06/12/no_government_interference/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[PFF has warned the AIBD to keep the agenda to its July conference free from interference by Fiji’s military regime. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/06/12/no_government_interference/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Fiji's extended censorship alarms IFJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/06/11/extended_censorship/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the Fiji military regime's extension of strict media censorship and emergency regulations]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/06/11/extended_censorship/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Journalists in Fiji released after 48 hours in detention]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/05/12/journalists_in_fiji_released_after/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - May 11, 2009 - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is relieved to learn that two journalists detained without charge in Fiji since May 9 were released today.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 08:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/05/12/journalists_in_fiji_released_after/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - PINA media statement on World Press Freedom Day]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/05/04/pina_media_statement_on_world_press/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(PINA/IFEX) - 3 May 2009 - As the world celebrates Media Freedom Day, we in the Pacific are thinking of our colleagues in Fiji who have nothing to celebrate because their freedoms have been forcefully curtailed by the ruling government.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 09:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/05/04/pina_media_statement_on_world_press/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Pacnews journalist detained for 12 hours; military orders closure of ABC relay transmitters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/04/21/pita_ligaiula_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Pita Ligaiula, a journalist with Pacnews, the Suva-based regional news agency owned by the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA), was detained reportedly because the regime objected to his articles for The Associated Press (AP)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/04/21/pita_ligaiula_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Foreign journalists deported, media censored in state of emergency]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/04/15/foreign_journalists_deported/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) are demanding that Fiji's military government stop deporting journalists and censoring the media after the government declared a 30-day state of emergency last week.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/04/15/foreign_journalists_deported/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Foreign reporters ordered to be deported, media censored after government declares state of emergency]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/04/14/foreign_reporters_ordered_to_be/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - Fiji&apos;s interim government must relax its reporting restrictions after the government declared a 30-day state of emergency on Friday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/04/14/foreign_reporters_ordered_to_be/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Journalists from New Zealand and Australia deported as regime tightens control on news media; local media outlets refuse to report on political stories]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/04/13/journalists_from_new_zealand_and/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(PINA/IFEX) - Overseas journalists covering Fiji's political crisis have been deported as the military-led regime tightens its control on the island's besieged news media.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:41:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/04/13/journalists_from_new_zealand_and/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Military leader calls for closure of "Fiji Times" newspaper; editor's home attacked by unknown assailants]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/03/27/military_leader_calls_for_closure/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:58:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/03/27/military_leader_calls_for_closure/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Police search "Fiji Times" newspaper and Fiji TV]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/03/11/police_search_fiji_times_newspaper/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(PINA/IFEX) - Fiji's media freedom is under threat again after police searched two media organisations for airing politically-sensitive stories.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:44:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/03/11/police_search_fiji_times_newspaper/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Newspaper publisher Rex Gardner deported in latest crackdown on media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/01/28/newspaper_publisher_rex_gardner/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(PINA/IFEX) - The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) strongly condemns the actions of the interim Fiji government in its continued targeting of  the Fijian media by deporting "Fiji Times&quot; publisher Rex Gardner.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:42:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/01/28/newspaper_publisher_rex_gardner/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - "Fiji Times" fined over article, newspaper publisher and editor receive suspended prison sentences]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/01/22/fiji_times_fined_over_article_newspaper/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(PINA/IFEX) - On 22 January 2009, Fiji's oldest newspaper was fined FJD$100,000 (US$54,000) by the High Court over its publication of a letter that criticised the court's validation of the 2006 military coup, reports Fiji Live.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:46:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2009/01/22/fiji_times_fined_over_article_newspaper/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - New Zealand reporter detained at airport, deported]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/12/16/new_zealand_reporter_detained_at/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(PINA/IFEX) - ONE News Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver was detained at Fiji's Nadi Airport on the night of 15 December 2008 as she flew in to cover the latest developments on the deteriorating diplomatic relations between New Zealand and Fiji.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:21:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/12/16/new_zealand_reporter_detained_at/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Interim government seeking jail terms for newspaper bosses]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/12/05/interim_government_seeking_jail/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(PINA/IFEX) - Fiji's interim government has asked the court to jail the publishers and editors of two of the country's daily newspapers for six months each and impose a fine of $1 million (approx. US$539,000) over their publication of a letter that criticised the High Court's validation of the 2006 military coup, reports Fiji Live.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:14:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/12/05/interim_government_seeking_jail/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Editor faces contempt charges; IFJ urges wide consultation on new media law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/11/11/editor_faces_contempt_charges_ifj/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:34:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/11/11/editor_faces_contempt_charges_ifj/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - IFJ urges government to ensure that media is not impeded in reporting on landmark court decision]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/10/16/ifj_urges_government_to_ensure/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 13 October 2008 IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:58:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/10/16/ifj_urges_government_to_ensure/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Second journalist arrested]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/08/15/second_journalist_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) -  Reporters Without Borders condemns two cases of journalists being arrested and questioned for several hours by police since the beginning of August 2008. The latest was that of "Fiji Times&quot; reporter Serafina Salaitoga, who was arrested at her home in the presence of her children on 10 August after writing a story in the previous day's issue that quoted businessman Charan Jeath Singh as criticising finance minister Mahandra Chaudhry.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:41:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/08/15/second_journalist_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Reporter threatened, questioned by police over allegedly "seditious" article]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/08/12/reporter_threatened_questioned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(PINA/IFEX) - On 10 August 2008, Fiji police threatened and tried to force a "Fiji Times&quot; reporter into giving a statement on an article she wrote, reports the "The Fiji Times&quot;.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:26:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/08/12/reporter_threatened_questioned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Government proposes new media legislation, denies goal is to control media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/07/22/government_proposes_new_media_legislation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(PINA/IFEX) - Fiji's interim attorney general, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has denied proposed new legislation is designed to control the nation's media, reports Radio Australia.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:10:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/07/22/government_proposes_new_media_legislation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Police prohibit broadcast of television programme, seize master tape]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/06/24/police_prohibit_broadcast_of_television/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(PINA/IFEX) - A regular Fiji Television programme was pulled off the air on the evening of 22 June 2008, on allegations that it contained "inflammatory&quot; comments, reports the "Fiji Sun&quot;.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/05/02/arrest_deportation_of_fiji_times/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(PINA/IFEX) - The following is a PINA statement:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 10:45:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Publisher's deportation linked to report on government minister's alleged tax evasion; PM warns media of limitations to constitutional guarantees on press freedom ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/02/28/publisher_s_deportation_linked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 27 February 2008 IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:56:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[(PINA/IFEX) - The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) has strongly condemned the deportation to Australia of "Fiji Sun&quot; Editor in Chief Russell Hunter, by Fiji's interim government.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:20:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Court summons editor and activist over article criticising appointment of judges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/02/21/court_summons_editor_and_activist/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders condemns the Fiji appeal court's harassment of Leone Cabenatabua, the editor of the "Fiji Sun&quot;, and Virisila Buadromo, the head of the Fiji Women's Rights Movement, who were summoned and warned by the court on 12 February 2008 because of an article quoting Buadromo in that day's issue criticising the military-led government's appointment of new judges to the court.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:00:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Four journalists and cameramen arrested for "disobeying a police order"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/01/29/four_journalists_and_cameramen/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrest of Fiji TV reporter Emily Moli and cameraman Shalendra Datt for "disobeying a police order&quot;, on 23 January 2008, when they went to cover a dispute between the principal and the administration of Rishikul Sanatan high school in Nasinu.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:05:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2008/01/29/four_journalists_and_cameramen/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiji - Emergency laws reactivated, potentially curbing freedom of expression, media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/fiji/2007/09/25/emergency_laws_reactivated_potentially/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:44:53 GMT</pubDate>
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