scholarly journals Pacific Journalism Monographs No. 6: Watching Our Words: Perceptions of self-censorship and media freedom in Fiji

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Morris
Keyword(s):  
General Election ◽  
Military Coup ◽  
Media Freedom ◽  
Monograph Series ◽  
Thomson Reuters ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Democratic Rule ◽  
Independent Media ◽  
The Military ◽  
Media Company

Ricardo Morris, a journalist and Thomson Reuters fellow from Fiji, has studied the perceptions and practice of self-censorship among journalists from his country in the years following the military coup in December 2006. He focused particularly on the period after the 2014 general election that returned Fiji to democratic rule. In this research monograph, Morris examines how willing Fiji’s media workers are to self-censor, how self-censorship works in newsrooms, and what factors are influential on journalists’ work. The research monograph was first published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and has been published by the Pacific Journalism Monograph series at the Pacific Media Centre by arrangement with the author and institute. Morris is the founder, publisher and editor of independent media company Republika Media Limited in Fiji, which publishes the magazine Repúblika.

scholarly journals Pacific Journalism Monographs No 1: Pacific Media Freedom 2011: A status report

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Perrottet ◽  
David Robie
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Military Coup ◽  
Status Report ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Media Freedom ◽  
Monthly Basis ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Military

Pacific media freedom has been under siege for more than a decade, particularly since an attempted coup in Fiji in May 2000, when a television station was attacked and ransacked, a foreign journalist was shot and wounded and a local journalist ended up being imprisoned for treason. Since then various Pacific countries, notably Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Vanuatu have faced various periods of media repression. Since the military coup in December 2006, Fiji has faced arguably its worst sustained pressure on the media since the original two Rabuka coups in 1987. The Bainimarama regime in June 2010 imposed a Media Industry Development Decree that enforced draconian curbs on journalists and restrictive controls on foreign ownership of the press. This consolidated systematic state censorship of news organisations that had been imposed in April 2009 with the Public Emergency Regulations that have been rolled over on a monthly basis ever since. Promised relaxation of state censorship after the imposition of the Decree never eventuated. This research monograph covers the period 1 July 2010-30 June 2011 and examines the trends in the Pacific region. In addition to Pacific Islands Forum member nations, it covers the French Pacific territories and the former Indonesian colony of East Timor and current twin provinces known collectively as West Papua.

scholarly journals Special report: Pacific media freedom 2011: A status report

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Perrottet ◽  
David Robie
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Military Coup ◽  
Status Report ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Media Freedom ◽  
Monthly Basis ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Military

Pacific media freedom has been under siege for more than a decade, particularly since an attempted coup in Fiji in May 2000, when a television station was attacked and ransacked, a foreign journalist was shot and wounded and a local journalist ended up being imprisoned for treason. Since then various Pacific countries, notably Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Vanuatu have faced various periods of media repression. Since the military coup in December 2006, Fiji has faced arguably its worst sustained pressure on the media since the original two Rabuka coups in 1987. The Bainimarama regime in June 2010 imposed a Media Industry Development Decree that enforced draconian curbs on journalists and restrictive controls on foreign ownership of the press. This consolidated systematic state censorship of news organisations that had been imposed in April 2009 with the Public Emergency Regulations that have been rolled over on a monthly basis ever since. Promised relaxation of state censorship after the imposition of the Decree never eventuated. This research report covers the period 1 July 2010-31 August 2011 and examines the trends in the Pacific region. In addition to Pacific Islands Forum member nations, the report covers the French Pacific territories and the former Indonesian colony of East Timor and current provinces known as West Papua. Professor David Robie is convenor of the Pacific Media Watch media freedom project; Alex Perrottet is student contributing editor of the Pacific Media Watch project.

scholarly journals Going Nowhere in a Hurry? The Pacific's EPA Negotiations with the European Union

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Kelsey
Keyword(s):  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Military Coup ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Economic Partnership ◽  
Partnership Agreement ◽  
The Military ◽  
Development Agendas ◽  
Final Text ◽  
The Eu

This paper explores the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiation process of the EU-ACP with a focus on the Pacific region. To comply with the requirements of the Cotonou Agreement 2000 and the requirements of the WTO EPAs must be negotiated before 2008. They will replace the trade arrangements between the EU and the ACP States pursuant to the Cotonou Agreement 2000. The Pacific states have proposed a creative EPA text to address their concerns about the effects of any new agreement with the EU. Professor Kelsey's view is that the Pacific 'wish list' contains two intrinsic tensions : one between its trade liberalisation and development agendas, and the other between the affirmation of sovereign integrity and supranational institutional arrangements. Moreover, the EU and the Pacific states have different trade interests and the demands made by the Pacific states have largely been rejected by the EU. The conclusion is that the production of a final text of the Pacific EPA is not imminent.This paper was written prior to the military coup in Fiji on 5 December 2006 and does not discuss the significant implications of that event for the negotiations.

Hierarchy and power in the Pacific

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jukka Siikala
Keyword(s):  
Recent History ◽  
Military Coup ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Postcolonial State ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Structural Arrangements

Looking at recent turmoil in political processes in the Pacific, the article discusses the relationship of socio-cosmic holism and hierarchy in Tonga, Samoa and Fiji to western ideologies of democracy and individualism. Incorporation of traditional chieftainship into colonial and postcolonial state structures has had different outcomes in each case. The structural arrangements, which according to Dumont are seen as intermediary forms, are looked at using material from the recent history of the societies. Thus the riots in Nukuʻalofa orchestrated by the Tongan democracy movement, the military coup in Fiji and the multiplication of chiefly titles in Samoa are seen as results of the interplay of local and western ideologies culminating in notions of holism and individualism.

Fiji's incumbent will retain firm control after polls

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
Authoritarian Regime ◽  
General Election ◽  
Military Coup ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Military Commander ◽  
Regulatory Changes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Military

Subject The outlook for Fiji ahead of a general election later this year. Significance Fiji's 2018 election (date yet to be announced) is the second since its last military coup in 2006. At the last polls, in 2014, military commander-turned-civilian prime minister Frank Bainimarama won an absolute majority, obtaining 32 of the 50 seats. This time, he will face a new opposition leader, Sitiveni Rabuka, who is also a former army chief, former prime minister and leader of an earlier coup. Despite the transition to democracy, Bainimarama's government has retained its authoritarian proclivities. Impacts Violent unrest is unlikely; Bainimarama's hold over the military is strong and the authorities would quickly quell any uprising. Australia has accepted Bainimarama's semi-authoritarian regime reluctantly, but now sees it as offering stability. Businesses support continuity in government, but are frustrated by frequent regulatory changes and some hostility to foreign-owned firms. The sugar industry's protracted decline will continue, accentuated by Brexit (the UK is a crucial market) and the end of subsidies.

scholarly journals A verdade da direita: a produção audiovisual de memória sobre a ditadura de 1964

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mônica Mourão
Keyword(s):  
Military Coup ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Military Dictatorship ◽  
Independent Media ◽  
Public Money ◽  
The Military

This paper aims to understand memory operations made by Brasil Paralelo (Parallel Brazil) to construct a positive imaginary of Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985) as a strategy in nowadays politics. Brasil Paralelo is an independent media, in their own words. It was created in 2016, the year President Dilma Rousseff was impeached. According to their creators, Brasil Paralelo is not an enterprise or an NGO. It does not accept public money and it’s sustained by people’s donation. On March 31, the documentary “1964, o Brasil entre armas e livros” (“1964, Brazil among guns and books”) was realesed, exactly in the military coup anniversary. This paper is going to analyze it, aiming to understand the role of right-wing audiovisual productions in the disputes of Brazilian memory concerning the military dictatorship.

scholarly journals Military Coup in Burma Draws International Condemnation and Pressure

2021 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 558-567
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Military Coup ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Media Companies ◽  
One Year ◽  
Head Of Government ◽  
The Military

On February 1, 2021, the military in Burma overthrew the democratically elected government, declared a one-year state of emergency, and installed Senior General Min Aung Hlaing as the head of government. Since the coup, the military has cracked down on protestors, killing over 800 people and detaining many more. Numerous countries and international organizations, including the United States and the United Nations, have condemned the coup and ensuing violence and called for the restoration of a democratic government. The United States and other countries have also imposed rigorous sanctions on the Burmese military, its officials and affiliated corporations, and social media companies have imposed content restrictions to prevent the spread of pro-military propaganda.

The ‘disappeared’ in Argentina 1976–1980

1980 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm Coad
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Military Coup ◽  
Daily Newspaper ◽  
Security Forces ◽  
Robert Cox ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Disappeared ◽  
The Way

We publish below a list of writers and journalists abducted by the security forces and numbered among the ‘disappeared’ in Argentina since 24 March 1976, the date of the military coup that installed General Jorge Rafael Videla in power. Two eye-witness accounts illustrate the way in which such abductions usually take place. Finally, Robert Cox, editor-in-exile of the daily newspaper Buenos Aires Herald, describes how independent-minded journalists and the families of los desaparecidos ( ‘the disappeared’) have been affected. The material is introduced by Index on Censorship's researcher on Latin America, Malcolm Coad.

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