2020 report on human rights in Fiji issued by the US State Dept is selective in its treatment of facts – Raj
2020 report on human rights in Fiji issued by the US State Dept is selective in its treatment of facts – Raj
Director of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission Ashwin Raj.
The Director of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission Ashwin Raj says the 2020 report on human rights in Fiji issued by the US State Department is perfunctory, scant in its interpretation and deconstruction of the law, saturated with generalisations and selective in its treatment of facts.
Raj says while the report impugns independent institutions like the judiciary and those responsible for the protection, promotion and preservation of human rights, there was neither any consultations with the state and independent institutions including the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission in the formulation of this report nor any ethic of constructive engagement over the y
That didnât take long. One week after piously and erroneously repudiating the Commission on Unalienable Rights established by his predecessor Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed the hollow selectivity of this administrationâs commitment to human rights and democratic reform.
On April 7, Blinken said he was âpleased to announceâ the reinstatement of tens of millions of dollars in aid to the West Bank and Gaza and of some $150 million to support the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). âAll assistance will be provided consistent with U.S. law,â Blinken added.
Easier said than done. The Taylor Force Act, signed into law in 2018, withholds aid from the Palestinian Authority until the State Department certifies that the ruling party of the West Bank has terminated payments to family members of terrorists. It hasnât. That was one reason the Trump administration slashed the aid in the first place. Nor is there evidence that suddenly
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Judge Eva Mappy-Morgan.
Following the release of a widely publicised report by the United States State Department under the caption: ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Liberia’ entitled ‘Denial Of Fair Public Trial’, where according to the report the Chief Judge of the Commercial Court, and President of the National Trial Judges of Liberia, Eva Mappy Morgan was accused of alleged ethics volition/canon # 23.
The U.S. State Department also noted that Judge Morgan was linked to a 2013 communication in which it was alleged that the Commercial Court authorized the withdrawal, without the consent of one of the litigating parties, of an amount of $3.4 million at the Liberian Bank for Development and Investment, which was being held in escrow pending final determinatio
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Here’s a look at some of the headlines in The Fiji Times’ edition for Saturday, April 10.
The lead story on
FICAC prosecutions
THE United States Department of State claims some high profile Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) prosecutions could be viewed as politically motivated. In its 2020 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Fiji, the US State Department said Fijian law provided criminal penalties for corruption by officials but Government did not implement the law effectively.
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Autism awareness
ENCOURAGE their strengths, celebrate their achievements and improve their weaknesses. This was the message from Suva Retailers Association president Jitesh Patel during the Autism Awareness Day celebration at Suva Special School yesterday.