5 Dec 2016

Action needs to follow Fiji's talk of ending torture - Amnesty

From , 4:03 pm on 5 December 2016

Amnesty International says there are positive signs that Fiji may be taking steps to end a culture of torture and brutality in the security forces.

The organisation has released a report into several cases of torture and how justice is often delayed or denied to coincide with the ten year anniversary of Frank Bainimarama's military takeover

Amnesty International's Pacific researcher, Kate Schuetze, says people are still being violently assaulted by security forces that act with relative impunity.

But she told Jamie Tahana that have been some positive signs of progress - although there is still a long way to go.

Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Peter Thomson, receives the instruments of ratification for the UN Convention Against Torture at the UN

Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Peter Thomson (L), receives the instruments of ratification for the UN Convention Against Torture at the UN Photo: Supplied