Frank Bainimarama

...a stoush over travel visas. Fiji's self-appointed prime minister, Frank Bainimarama, accused Australia and New Zealand of sabotaging his nation-building efforts by refusing to grant visas to Fijian judges. The allegations have been...

In this article: Fiji, New Zealand, Murray McCully, Australia, and Allegation

FIJI Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama expelled Australia's High Commissioner last week after receiving a memorandum from the country's chief justice containing fundamental errors about Australia's travel bans on Fiji's judges. The...

In this article: Anthony Gates, Fiji, Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs, Korea, Colombo, and New Zealand

...the Fiji regime." Self-appointed Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, the military chief who has led the country since the December 2006 coup, made the order during a televised address at 5pm (AEDT) on Tuesday. "I have told the Ministry...

In this article: Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Democracy, and Murray McCully

...make him a good dictator. His determination not to restore democracy is wholly objectionable. But it does make him an almost unique dictator. Undoubtedly, Australia can crush Fiji. There are not many countries about which you can say...

In this article: Fiji, Taliban, Democracy, The West Australian, Kerry Stokes, and Melbourne

...in the Pacific. Self-appointed Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, the military leader who has ruled Fiji since a December 2006 coup, has given both governments a day to recall their envoys, in a spat over travel visas. He's accused the...

In this article: Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, New Zealand, Murray McCully, and Pacific

...to be appointed by the regime. Bainimarama had alleged that Australian authorities had denied transit visas to Sri Lankan judges appointed to the judiciary and warned the judges against joining the bench in Fiji. The Australian authorities...

In this article: Fiji, Amnesty International, New Zealand, Suva, Ban Ki-moon, United Nations, and Australia

...Fiji to become the norm. ''This man, Bainimarama, has undertaken a military coup, suspended the constitution, refused to hold fresh elections and sacked the judiciary and appointed his,'' Mr Rudd told the ABC. The latest row has erupted...

In this article: Kevin Rudd, Fiji, Brij Lal, Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs, Australian National University, and Pacific

...ousting the Australian and New Zealand representatives. "Bainimarama claims this is all a reaction to attempts to stop judges getting visas in Australia and New Zealand," he said. "And while Australia was delaying travel visas for some...

In this article: Fiji, Australia, Brij Lal, Canberra, Pacific, New Zealand, Democracy, Australian National University, and Laisenia Qarase