FIJI: Call for UN to investigate Fiji judiciary

Updated November 15, 2007 20:49:22

There's been a call for independent scrutiny of Fiji's judiciary. The Pacific Centre for Public Integrity has renewed its call for a United Nations special rapporteur to be allowed into the country to conduct an investigation. The region's judges have expressed concern about threats to the independence of the judiciary in Fiji.

Presenter: Bruce Hill
Speakers: Fiji's Justice Minister and atorney-general, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum; Angie Heffernan, the Executive Director of the Suva-based Pacific Centre for Public Integrity