26 Aug 2011

Fiji regime demands to see headlines before publication

6:40 pm on 26 August 2011

Censorship rules in Fiji were tightened on Friday in a week during which soldiers have been photographed removing anti-regime graffiti from public places.

On Friday a local broadcaster aired a story about the graffiti and earlier in the week the photographs reached a wide internet audience.

In an email to media outlets and journalists, the Ministry of Information has asked for all news headlines to be sent to the censors half an hour before stories are published.

Fiji's media has operated under censorship since April 2009, when the military regime abrogated the constitution and imposed emergency regulations.