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Behind the Fiji censorship: A comparative media regulatory case study as a prelude to the Easter putsch

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: On 10 April 2009, a military backed regime wrested total control of the Fiji Islands in what was arguably a fifth coup and imposed martial law. The then President, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, abrogated the 1997 Constitution and dismissed the judiciary in response to a Court of Appeal ruling—by a bench of three Australian judges—that the interim government of Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama established after the fourth coup in December 2006 was illegal. Bainimarama was reinstated, emergency regulations—including state censorship—were decreed and elections were deferred until 2014.

Source: Pacific Journalism Review – Te Koakoa

DOI: 10.24135/pjr.v15i2.986

Author: David Robie

Institution: Auckland University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Freedom of Expression and Defamation

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1523959344

FWCI: 12.45

Cites: 22

Cited by: 11

Related to: 10