THE FIJI TIMES
Le Fiji Times est un quotidien fidjien de langue anglaise, fondé le 4 septembre 1869 à Levuka. C'est le plus ancien journal fidjien toujours actif.
Le journal est publié en version papier mais également en-ligne. Le Fiji Times a été censuré à trois reprises. En mai 1987, il est censuré par le gouvernement militaire de Sitiveni Rabuka, et publie des éditions contenant des espaces vides en signe de protestation. Le 5 décembre 2006, suite à un coup d'État, des soldats visitent les bureaux du Fiji Times et avertissent ses éditeurs de ne pas publier de "propagande". Le journal cesse alors très brièvement sa publication, pour ne pas avoir à subir la censure, avant d'être informé par l'armée qu'il ne sera pas censuré.
De décembre 2006 à avril 2009, le journal publie librement des articles critiquant le gouvernement issu du coup d'État. Depuis avril 2009, toutefois, suite à l'abrogation de la Constitution par le Président Josefa Iloilo, les médias sont soumis à la censure. Des censeurs sont présents sur les locaux du Fiji Times afin de s'assurer que le journal ne publie que des articles 'positifs' au sujet du 'pays' (et plus particulièrement du gouvernement). Cette censure affecte également le site web du journal. Avant avril 2009, on y trouvait des articles critiquant le gouvernement; les articles datés postérieurement au début de la censure ne sont jamais critiques.
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The Fiji Times is a daily English-language newspaper published in Suva, Fiji. Established in Levuka on 4 September 1869, it is Fiji's oldest newspaper still operating.
The Fiji Times is owned by Mahendra Motibhai Patel, who purchased it from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp in 2010. The Fiji Times Limited board is chaired by Ross McDonald (as of 1996), and includes Adi Davila Toganivalu, a businesswoman named on 7 January 2006 to replace Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, a former High Court judge who resigned from the board upon becoming (in 2005) the Vice-President of Fiji. The Company Secretary is Umesh Prasad (since 2004). The former publisher Evan Hannah was forcibly removed from Fiji in 2008 as he was accused by the interim government of meddling in Fijian politics.
Le journal est publié en version papier mais également en-ligne. Le Fiji Times a été censuré à trois reprises. En mai 1987, il est censuré par le gouvernement militaire de Sitiveni Rabuka, et publie des éditions contenant des espaces vides en signe de protestation. Le 5 décembre 2006, suite à un coup d'État, des soldats visitent les bureaux du Fiji Times et avertissent ses éditeurs de ne pas publier de "propagande". Le journal cesse alors très brièvement sa publication, pour ne pas avoir à subir la censure, avant d'être informé par l'armée qu'il ne sera pas censuré.
De décembre 2006 à avril 2009, le journal publie librement des articles critiquant le gouvernement issu du coup d'État. Depuis avril 2009, toutefois, suite à l'abrogation de la Constitution par le Président Josefa Iloilo, les médias sont soumis à la censure. Des censeurs sont présents sur les locaux du Fiji Times afin de s'assurer que le journal ne publie que des articles 'positifs' au sujet du 'pays' (et plus particulièrement du gouvernement). Cette censure affecte également le site web du journal. Avant avril 2009, on y trouvait des articles critiquant le gouvernement; les articles datés postérieurement au début de la censure ne sont jamais critiques.
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The Fiji Times is a daily English-language newspaper published in Suva, Fiji. Established in Levuka on 4 September 1869, it is Fiji's oldest newspaper still operating.
The Fiji Times is owned by Mahendra Motibhai Patel, who purchased it from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp in 2010. The Fiji Times Limited board is chaired by Ross McDonald (as of 1996), and includes Adi Davila Toganivalu, a businesswoman named on 7 January 2006 to replace Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, a former High Court judge who resigned from the board upon becoming (in 2005) the Vice-President of Fiji. The Company Secretary is Umesh Prasad (since 2004). The former publisher Evan Hannah was forcibly removed from Fiji in 2008 as he was accused by the interim government of meddling in Fijian politics.
Coups and censorship
The Rabuka administration censored the Fiji Times for a while following the first military coup of 14 May 1987. In protest, the newspaper published an edition with large blank spaces, where articles censored by the military would have been placed.
The Fiji Times announced on 5 December 2006, in the wake of the overthrow of the civilian government by the military, that it was suspending publication rather than bow to government censorship. Military officers had visited the premises that evening to prohibit the publication of any "propaganda" in support of the deposed government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. The online edition would be continuing publication as normal, however. Just before midday on 6 December, the military granted permission for the Times to resume publication without censorship.
The Times reported on 9 December that two members of the public had been detained and questioned by the Military over letters they had written to the Times editor during the week, and were given a "verbal warning."
Nonetheless, from December 2006 to April 2009, the Times was able to publish continuously articles critical of the interim government. The latter voiced its displeasure, but did not impose censorship. Following the 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis, however, all Fiji's media were censored, including the Fiji Times. Censors are present in the paper's newsrooms. The newspaper's chief editor Netani Rika told Radio New Zealand International that "his journalists continue to cover every story in detail as if they were working in a democratic country without restrictions. And he says they challenge the censors by putting every possible news item before them." The website of the Fiji Times has also been censored since April 2009.
The Rabuka administration censored the Fiji Times for a while following the first military coup of 14 May 1987. In protest, the newspaper published an edition with large blank spaces, where articles censored by the military would have been placed.
The Fiji Times announced on 5 December 2006, in the wake of the overthrow of the civilian government by the military, that it was suspending publication rather than bow to government censorship. Military officers had visited the premises that evening to prohibit the publication of any "propaganda" in support of the deposed government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. The online edition would be continuing publication as normal, however. Just before midday on 6 December, the military granted permission for the Times to resume publication without censorship.
The Times reported on 9 December that two members of the public had been detained and questioned by the Military over letters they had written to the Times editor during the week, and were given a "verbal warning."
Nonetheless, from December 2006 to April 2009, the Times was able to publish continuously articles critical of the interim government. The latter voiced its displeasure, but did not impose censorship. Following the 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis, however, all Fiji's media were censored, including the Fiji Times. Censors are present in the paper's newsrooms. The newspaper's chief editor Netani Rika told Radio New Zealand International that "his journalists continue to cover every story in detail as if they were working in a democratic country without restrictions. And he says they challenge the censors by putting every possible news item before them." The website of the Fiji Times has also been censored since April 2009.