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Fiji: Blogging Suspect Detained.

Categories: Oceania, Fiji, Freedom of Speech, Law, Blogger Profiles

Pacific Empire comments on the arrest and detention of a Fijian businessman [1] by the Fijian army. The army suspects that the businessman was writing anti-government posts. Fijian army took over the power last December in a coup. “Some had high hopes for this coup. But truth was the first casualty, as always”. The detained person has since been released.