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| Title: | FIJI: 'We're in contempt' |
| Other Titles: | WE'RE IN CONTEMPT |
| Keywords: | Fiji
media freedom
editorials
media law
contempt of court
The Fiji Times
letters to the editor |
| Issue Date: | 5-Nov-2008 |
| Publisher: | The Fiji Times - Pacific Media Watch |
| Abstract: | ON 22 October 2008 The Fiji Times published a letter to the editor from a person named as Vili Navukitu said to be of Queensland, Australia, which described the High Court ruling of Fiji in the Qarase v Bainimarama case in a contemptuous manner.
The Fiji Times accepts that, while persons may comment critically on judgments of the Court, there are reasonable limits on such criticism, and the words used by our correspondent exceeded those limits in casting doubt on the integrity and independence of Fiji's courts.
The Fiji Times acknowledges that, in publishing those comments, it committed a contempt of court. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1631 |
| Appears in Collections: | Pacific Media Centre
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