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Amnesty: Fiji's military regime rules by fear
Fiji's military regime is using beatings, arbitrary arrests, censorship and intimidation to rule the South Pacific country by fear, Amnesty International alleged Tuesday.The global rights watchdog also cited China for going against an international trend of imposing sanctions on Fiji to punish those responsible for a 2006 coup, and urged Beijing to use its new influence to protect human rights there.Military-installed

Commonwealth suspends Fiji over democracy
Fiji's military-led government said Wednesday its suspension from the 53-nation Commonwealth is the price it must pay for its reform of the country's political system, and insisted that it will not

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Fiji faces possible suspension from Commonwealth

Fiji will likely be suspended from the Commonwealth bloc, New Zealand said Wednesday — a day after its military ruler strengthened his grip on power by replacing the ailing president with a

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President of military-led Fiji plans to step down

Military-led Fiji announced Tuesday that its aged and ailing president will step down later this week and be replaced by a former army commander, a move observers say will consolidate the military's

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Methodists arrested amid Fiji military crackdown

Fiji's military-led government arrested eight Methodist leaders of the nation's biggest church group, accusing them of pushing a political agenda, a spokesman said Wednesday, in the latest round of

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