Media Advisory

11 May 2001

AI Index ASA 18/003/2001 - News Service Nr. 84

Fiji: One year after the coup - what future for human rights?

Preparations for fresh elections after last year's violent coup attempt are being overshadowed by racism and government efforts to pursue racial supremacy for indigenous Fijians. What is the future for human rights in Fiji?

Amnesty International's Researcher on Australasia and the Pacific, Dr Heinz Schurmann-Zeggel, will discuss the organization's concerns at a media briefing in Suva:

10am, Friday 18 May 2001

The Banyan Room

Holiday Inn

Suva

For more information contact Maya Catsanis on mobile +44 7778 472 173.

Amnesty International is a worldwide human rights organization made up over one million members. The organization is independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion. It is concerned solely with the impartial protection of human rights.

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For more information please call Amnesty International's press office in London, UK, on +44 20 7413 5566

Amnesty International, 1 Easton St., London WC1X 0DW web : http://www.amnesty.org

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