SUVA – The Fiji Dictatorship is clamping down on press freedom by using the courts to harass Fiji Times newspaper after it ran a story critical of the country’s justice system.
The High court has granted leave to the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum to initiate proceedings for contempt of court against the Fiji Times Limited, the Fiji Times Editor Fred Wesley, and the Fiji Times Publisher Brian O’Flaherty.
According to a Ministry of Information statement, this is in relation to an offending article earlier this month which questioned the existence of a judiciary in Fiji, potentially undermining the public’s confidence in the administration of justice, and potentially damaging the integrity of the enforcement of justice.
The case will be called next in the High Court on the 28th of this month.
