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In the 2018 elections she was the highest-polling woman and 5th highest overall candidate. [13] She gave her first speech to parliament on 30 November 2018. [ 14 ] In March 2020 she was arrested and charged with breaching the Public Order Act over social media comments about the government's Covid-19 response.
As of July 2015, she is the Coordinator of the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre (FWCC), a post she has held for many years. She has also been a member of the Fiji Human Rights Commission (FHRC). Ali condemned the military coup of 5 December 2006 [ 1 ] and has taken a strong stand against human rights abuses alleged to have been committed by the ...
He was subsequently arrested by the military and taken to Queen Elizabeth Barracks for interrogation. [16] He was released after intervention from military Attorney-General of Fiji Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum [ 17 ] [ 18 ] and Human Rights Commissioner and Fiji Women's Crisis Centre coordinator Shamima Ali .
Makena Solberg has reached a settlement with Carson Steffen, the final defendant in her 2021 sexual assault suit that sparked a UI campus uproar.
Bainimarama was initially spared jail in the case during sentencing last month, before being overturned on appeal. A former military chief, Bainimarama came to power in a 2006 coup and later won ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Fiji's former long-serving prime minister Frank Bainimarama has avoided jail and was discharged by the Magistrates Court on Thursday, after earlier this month being found guilty ...
Fiji's rates of violence against women are "among the very highest in the world". [8] The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre reports that 64% of women who have been in intimate relationships have experienced physical or sexual violence from their partner, including 61% who were physically attacked and 34% who were sexually abused. [8]
All seven victims, who ranged in age from 18 to 56, were taken to Aspen Lautoka Hospital, where two people remained as of Dec. 16. Fijian health officials said that no other cases had been reported.