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FIJI: Advocacy group fears more media self-censorship after clampdown

Posted on 22 February, 2013

SUVA (Radio NZ International / Pacific Media Watch): A Pacific media advocacy group,  the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF)  says Fiji’s news organisations have suffered a "double whammy" this week while the main regional body Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) says it is "normal" for a country to put in place laws preparing for an election.

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