Fiji Islands
Fiji Islands
Banabans
Profile Banabans are Micronesians with a language that is very similar to the Gilbertese language of Kiribati. The Banaban population…
Indo-Fijians
Profile At the 1986 Census the ethnic Fijian population was 329,000 (46 per cent of the total) and the Indo-Fijian…
Rotumans
Profile The small, outlying formerly volcanic island of Rotuma was incorporated early into Fiji. Their home is the Polynesian outlier…
Grave concerns for freedom of expression in Fiji, says rights group
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) today expressed grave concerns for freedom of expression and of association in Fiji, after the…
Fiji government must open up constitution process if it wants to achieve truly inclusive democracy
The Fiji government’s moves to consolidate power threaten to significantly undermine the constitutional process and an inclusive, democratic future for…
Fiji: The challenges and opportunities of diversity
Fiji has experienced four military coups and a military mutiny since 1987, mainly as a result of tension between the…
Fiji Government risks losing public support for new Constitution, says international rights organisation
The Fiji government’s rejection of the proposed constitution in favour of one written by a government-appointed committee, is likely to…
Fiji: Ethnic relations, ethnic minorities and discrimination
This evaluation covers a project focused on ethnic relations and discrimination against ethnic minority groups in Fiji. The project took…
Economic Development, Democracy and Ethnic Conflict in the Fiji Islands
12pp, ISBN 1897693 34 6 The study discusses a complex situation whereby a numerically-dominant indigenous community asserts that it is…
