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Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
NZPA Fiji's self-appointed prime minister says New Zealand's deputy high commissioner was expelled from the Pacific nation as a message to "leave us alone".Australia's High Commissioner James Bartley was also told to leave Fiji.Commodore Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama said New Zealand had to "stop this bullying"."If you bully people there'll be some retaliation," he told TV One's Sunday program.Deputy...
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The Age (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
NZPA Fiji's self-appointed prime minister says New Zealand's deputy high commissioner was expelled from the Pacific nation as a message to "leave us alone".Australia's High Commissioner James Bartley was also told to leave Fiji.Commodore Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama said New Zealand had to "stop this bullying"."If you bully people there'll be some retaliation," he told TV One's Sunday program.Deputy...
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Fiji was suspended from the Commonwealth on September 1, after self-appointed Fijian leader Frank Bainimarama refused to hold elections by 2010.
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Sify (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
... saying.Fiji was suspended from the Commonwealth on September 1, after self-appointed Fijian leader Frank Bainimarama refused to hold elections by 2010.The CHOGM leaders "observed that Commonwealth sporting events represent a significant public demonstration of the unity of the Commonwealth as a family of members with a shared commitment to fundamental values"."They affirmed that sporting...
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Religion Clause (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
... into a Christian state. ( Background .) The latest coup, in 2006, which brought military leader Frank Bainimarama to power, was opposed by the Methodist Church. So, while impeding or banning much of the activity traditional Methodists, Bainimarama's allies promoted evangelist Pastor Atu Vulaono, and his "Souls to Jesus" campaign in an attempt to co-opt the traditional...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Fiji's military dictator has sent a message to the New Zealand Government - butt out and stop your bullying.Speaking publicly for the first time about the expulsion of the New Zealand High Commissioner two weeks ago, Frank Bainimarama...
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
A coup leader who is tough on the outside, softer underneath FIJI’S military strongman, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, has thumped down his fist. He will restore relations with Australia and New Zealand only in 2014, he says, having booted out their High Commissioners on November 4th. He justified the expulsions by saying the countries were interfering in his efforts to replace judges...
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
A coup leader who is tough on the outside, softer underneath FIJI’S military strongman, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, has thumped down his fist. He will restore relations with Australia and New Zealand only in 2014, he says, having booted out their High Commissioners on November 4th. He justified the expulsions by saying the countries were interfering in his efforts to replace judges...
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The President and Vice President of the Methodist... (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
... the subject of increased persecution by the military government led by Commodore Josaia Vorege (Frank) Bainimarama who came to power in a coup in 2006. This year the annual Conference was prevented from taking place, as was the annual choir festival, and significant speaking restrictions have been placed on senior church leaders. In August the President of the Methodist Church of...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Universal international condemnation has been shrugged off by Fiji's military regime and pledges for a return to democracy dishonoured. It is clear, however, that Commodore Frank Bainimarama is irked by the travel ban imposed by New...
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Randy McDonald's Livejournal (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The military government of Fiji continues to have problems with Australia and New Zealand, the regional powers strongly opposed to the government's origins in a coup, blind to the Melanesian/Indo-Fijian ethnic division though it claims to be. Frank Bainimarama, the self-appointed military leader who has ruled Fiji since the December 2006 coup, yesterday issued a 24-hour order for the...
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Marc Valdez Weblog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Fiji dealing badly with its self-imposed isolation: Fiji's self-appointed prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, has given Australia and New Zealand 24 hours to get their high commissioners out of Fiji. He is expelling them both and recalling his own envoys because he says Canberra and Wellington are interfering in his country's judiciary. Mr Bainimarama sacked all the country's judges...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
New Zealand's acting Head of Mission in Fiji would fly home on Thursday, after being expelled by the interim regime, Radio New Zealand reported. Fiji interim leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama issued the 24-hour expulsion order for New Zealand's Todd Cleaver and Australian High Commissioner James Batley on Tuesday evening, citing interference with the functioning of Fiji's judiciary as...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Fiji has ordered New Zealand and Australia envoys to return home within 24 hours, accusing them of interfering in its internal affairs.Fiji was plunged into crisis in April after the president reappointed coup leader Frank Bainimarama...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has some simple advice on how to deal with the head of Fiji's self-declared military government, Commodore Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama."We should pray a lot, a prayer with patience,"...
