Amnesty slams ‘outrageous’ Fiji newspaper sedition case

SUVA, FIJI: Sedition charges brought against executives at Fiji’s oldest newspaper are “absolutely outrageous”, Amnesty International said Thursday, while accusing the government of trying to intimidate the media.

Three staff members at the Fiji Times -- occasionally a feisty critic of the regime -- are facing up to seven years in jail for publishing a letter to the editor last year containing inflammatory comments about Muslims.