Qarase v Bainimarama, Fiji Court of Appeal, 9 April 2009, Civil Appeal No. ABU0077 of 2008S.
2.
BainimaramaJV, statement at the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, 26 September 2009, <un.org/ga/64/generaldebate/FJ.shtml> at 5 February 2010.
Ibid. For example, on 16 May 2009, the police reportedly revoked a permit for the National Farmers Union to hold its annual general meeting.
9.
Ibid. For example, on 28 May 2009, the Ministry of Information granted the Fiji Institute of Accountants a permit to hold a conference on 11–14 June. On 8 June, the Commissioner of Police advised that the event would be cancelled unless Professor Brij Lal and lawyers Graham Leung and Richard Naidu were removed from the program and all speeches were vetted by his office in advance.
10.
Fiji Human Rights Commission, Investigation Report on the events of December 6th 2006, 3 January 2007.
11.
The Promotion of Reconciliation, Tolerance and Unity Bill 2005 (Fiji) proposed that those involved in the May 2000 coup and the November mutiny would be able to apply for amnesty. A government appointed reconciliation commission would be empowered to grant amnesty if it held that an individual's actions were motivated by politics rather than criminal intent.
12.
This conclusion is reinforced by the 9 April 2009 Fiji Court of Appeal decision, declaring unlawful the coup of 5 December 2006: Qarase v Bainimarama, Fiji Court of Appeal, 9 April 2009, Civil Appeal No. ABU0077 of 2008S.
13.
Including from the Melanesia Spearhead Group at its 10 July 2009 Special Leaders Meeting: See CommuniqueJoint, copy on file with Author.
14.
Qarase v Bainimarama, Fiji Court of Appeal, 9 April 2009, Civil Appeal No. ABU0077 of 2008S.
15.
Ibid.
16.
Fiji Village, ‘PS refutes claims of human rights violations,’ 10 October 2009.
17.
State v Vulaca [2008] FJHC 71; State v Vulaca [2008] FJHC 98; State v Nayacalagilagi [2009] FJHC 73; State v Vuniwawa [2009] FJHC 81; State v Vuniwawa [2009] FJHC 101.
