Fiji clamps down on blogs

HERE’S an excerpt from the Agence France-Press story:

SUVA, Fiji–Fiji’s military has blocked access to several web sites that contained damaging allegations against the army and members of the interim government, a senior officer said Friday.

Fiji Land Force Commander Col. Pita Driti said access was cut Thursday to the Web journals, or blogs, which he said were full of lies and a threat to national security.

The military-led government imposed a state of emergency on the South Pacific nation on Dec. 6–the day after armed forces Commodore Frank Bainimarama seized power in a bloodless coup, sacking the democratic government. It was Fiji’s fourth coup in 20 years.

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