ENI—The Toronto-based World Association for Christian Communication has called for international pressure to lift media restrictions in Fiji that prevent journalists from publishing material that portrays its military government in a “negative light.”
“WACC calls on churches and opinion leaders to express concern for the citizens of Fiji in their struggle to regain freedom of expression and the right to communicate their aspirations for democracy and peace,” the association’s president Dennis Smith and general secretary Randy Naylor said in a statement.
Under media directives issued by the country’s military government on April 10, local news reports critical of the government are banned and international media coverage subjected to censorship.
