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Frank Bainimarama's Rouge State and Tal-Qaeda

The Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum announced on the 2nd of May that the "military regime" of Fiji had been suspended from the Forum. There has however been a continued misunderstanding by the mainstream media as to…
Fiji Military Forces Suspended from U.S. Global Peace Operations Initiative

In its May 2009 budget request for FY2010, the Obama Administration has requested $96.8 million for the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). GPOI was established in mid-2004 as a five-year program with intended…
Birthplace of the 2006 Fiji Coup

On the 9th of June 2009 on the Raw Fiji News blog, IslandBoy57 had this to say about the origins of the 2006 coup-de-tat in Fiji:"The birthplace of 2006 coup – at Solanki’s residenceWe will soon be naming, shaming and ev…
U.S. EMBASSY ON FRANK BAINIMARAMA'S FIJI

The U.S. Embassy issued the following statement: "The United States is deeply disappointed by the collapse of Fiji's political dialogue process and the abrogation of Fiji's constitution, which we see as movement away fr…
Fiji is a "Zero Sum" Economy under Frank Bainimarama
Poor Frank Bainimarama

The expectations of mass uprising in China this year due to the GFC is alarming, we seem to have similar perceived threats, the only difference is that in our tiny country we do not have a strategy to bring about 'social…
An Appetizer on Mind Control and Religion in Politics

I often hear about mind control in religion. It's true that many a minister asks their parishioners to believe something that defies all reason. But I don't hear enough from secularists about mind control in the marketp…
Early Signs of Genocide in the Republic of the Fiji Islands

The word ‘genocide’ was coined by Raphael Lemkin in 1945 and was first used in the same year in an indictment brought before the Nuremburg Tribunal.In the 1948 Genocide Convention, Article 2 defines ‘genocide’ as “...act…
The Price of Tyranny in Fiji - Transnational Organized Crime?

Transnational Organized Crime groups in Fiji will expand its multi billion dollar criminal industry. Trafficked drugs including methamphetamine and other contraband such as small arms and military hardware will flow thr…
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE ITS ATTENTION

The following information was released by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG): The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued its general debate on human rights situations that require its attention, which was…
Democracy and Rule of Law in Fiji

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, two sets of phenomena are challenging our understanding of democracy and democratization.At a bare minimum democracy requires: sovereign elected institutions; universal adult…