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In March 2008, the publisher of the Fiji Sun, Australian citizen Russell Hunter, was deported on the orders of the interim Defense Minister, Ratu Epeli Ganilau, who claimed that Hunter was a threat to "national security". Opponents of the military-backed government claim that it was a blatant attempt to intimidate the media. [citation needed]
Edward Moore was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician who went missing in a storm at sea while travelling between Holyhead and Dublin and is believed to have died. [27] 29 October 1766 John Stanwix: 75–76 Atlantic Ocean: The British soldier and politician was lost at sea while travelling from Dublin, Ireland to Holyhead, Wales in a packet boat ...
Richard Naidu. Richard Naidu is an Indo-Fijian journalist, constitutional lawyer and opponent of the 2006 Fijian coup d'état. He is a former director of Transparency International Fiji. [ 1] Naidu served as spokesperson for Prime Minister of Fiji Timoci Bavadra. [ 2] During the 1987 Fijian coups d'état he was beaten by iTaukei militants [ 3 ...
Afshin Bey was a Khorasani Turkmen commander of the Seljuk Empire who, after fleeing to Anatolia in 1067 after being on the run for committing a murder, disappeared again in 1077 after going to Aleppo on a mission to crush rebellions, [3] and was never seen again. 1324. Alice Kyteler. 60–61. Lordship of Ireland.
Jone Kalouniwai. Jone Logavatu Kalouniwai is a major general in the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) who currently serves as the commander of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces since 16 September 2021. [1] Previously named as director general of National Security and Intelligence, Ministry of Defence and National Security from May 2020 ...
Operation Quickstep. Operation Quickstep was the deployment of military resources by the Australian Defence Force during the leadup to the 2006 Fijian coup d'état on 4–5 December 2006, during which the Fijian military took control of the Fijian government which, at the time, was led by Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
The Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF, formerly the Royal Fiji Military Forces[2]) is the military force of the Pacific island nation of Fiji. With a total manpower of about 6,500 active soldiers and approximately 6,200 reservists, it is one of the smallest militaries in the world and the third largest in the South Pacific region.
The rise and fall of Cakobau. Colonial Fiji. Modern history. Dominion of Fiji. Constitutional crisis of 1977. Coups of 1987. Military–church relations. COVID-19 pandemic. Coup of 2000.