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An unpopular new law that critics say will remove power from landowners has triggered political and social upheavalFiji has experienced escalating political tensions over the past fortnight, with opposition politicians arrested, extra police deployed a…
Read MoreDetentions, including two former PMs, prompt fears government is using police as a ‘political weapon’Nine prominent opposition politicians – including two former prime ministers – have been arrested in Fiji for voicing concerns about a contentious land…
Read MoreProsecutor says there is ‘insufficient evidence’ to charge Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, one of Fiji’s most powerful political figuresFiji’s public prosecutor has dismissed a case against the country’s attorney general, saying there is insufficient evidence to …
Read MoreExclusive: Figures obtained by the Guardian show Fiji police officers charged with 400 serious offences in five years, including murder, manslaughter, rape, and abductionWitnesses have rejected police claims a Fijian man who died in police custody jump…
Read MoreVice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia suspended, then reinstated after he alleged widespread financial irregularitiesFor decades a jewel in the crown of Pacific regionalism, the University of the South Pacific has endured 12 months of scandal, beset by allegat…
Read MoreConcerns have also been raised about Vanuatu, where it is illegal to publish stories on coronavirus without government approvalA Fijian military leader has said the government was justified in “stifling criticism” of its policies by the press during th…
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