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RAPE CRISIS ENVELOPING FIJI: Hindu religious leader says "Don't blame Women's Dress for rise in RAPES"; YES but the present regime is no role model, "Raping Democracy in 2006", with police and military taking turns!

21/3/2016

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Don’t Blame Women’s Dress: Spiritual leader
The type of clothes which women wear is not the main cause for rape, says Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji national president Sarju Prasad.

“Men should not blame women dressing to be the main cause of rape,” he said.

Mr Prasad said girls should wear decent clothes but if they were wearing short clothes, men should control their lust.

“Women have rights,” he said.

Mr Prasad said he was saddened by the incident where 14-year-old Mere Ailevu, a student of Lomary Catholic Primary School was found half naked, dead with a Tee-shirt tied around her neck at Loloma Beach, Pacific Harbour, last Monday. Police have already determined that she was brutally raped and killed.

“We should learn to respect each other,” Mr Prasad said. “We need to work together to stop these heinous crimes against women.” Mr Prasad said human moral values should be taught too in schools and at homes when the children were young.

“In all temples around the country we always teach the general public to respect each other,” he said. “Women need more protection and it is our responsibility to protect them.” The national president of the religious body is urging other religious bodies to work together and stop the violence against women and children in our country. Source: Fiji Sun, March 2016

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The family of the late Mere Ailevu stand beside her potrait after church service
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Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji national president Sarju Prasad said he was saddened by the incident where 14-year-old Mere Ailevu, a student of Lomary Catholic Primary School was found half naked, dead with a Tee-shirt tied around her neck at Loloma Beach, Pacific Harbour, last Monday. Police have already determined that she was brutally raped and killed.

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"The complainant was a 14 year old school girl at the time of the incident. She was one of 18 students in a classroom sitting an examination. The appellant [Maika Bolatiki] was supervising the examination. The complainant was sitting at a desk in the front row. She said that the appellant came and stood beside her on her left. She looked up and the appellant touched her breast with his left hand. She sat up and the accused slid his left hand down her stomach and right to her private part. He then rubbed her private part. He denied touching her breast or private parts. However, the actions of the appellant as described by the complainant in her evidence were something that would not necessarily have created attention. The other pupils in the room were writing their examination papers. The Appellant was standing alongside the complainant in the front row and such conduct would be expected to have been done as surreptitiously as possible...The learned Magistrate made a clear finding that he accepted the evidence of the complainant as truthful. An appellant Court would need very compelling and cogent reasons to interfere with that finding. There are no grounds to do so in this case...The appeal against conviction is dismissed"
Justice D. B. Pain, Fiji High Court, 3 September 1997

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The judgment can be accessed at: http://www.paclii.org/cgi-bin/sinodisp/fj/cases/FJHC/1997/124.html?stem=&synonyms=&query=bolatiki

"Laisani, a school friend of the complainant also gave evidence. She met the complainant after the examination. She said [p.27 of the record]:
"I knew something was wrong. Her eyes were puffy red. She told me she wanted to vomit. I asked her what happened. She was crying.
She didn’t mention the name. She said the exam supervisor fiddle[d] around with her breast and was rubbing his hand on her private parts. This was done during the exam."
Justice D B Pain, 3 September 1997

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IS BUCALEVU SECONDARY SCHOOL THAT WAY?

Fijileaks: Police Chief of Intelligence Senior Superintendent Luke Navela, who is leading the inquiry into the brutal rape and murder of the 14-year-old school girl Mere Ailevu, was also part of the team to arrest and arraign dictator Frank Bainimarama over the brutal murders of CRW soldiers following the bloody 2000 mutiny at the QEH barracks!

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Fijileaks founding editor-in-chief VICTOR LAL has a copy of the audio tape on him; the murderous goon and dictator is still running from the law

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THE GOONDAS GUARDING THE DOOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE IN FIJI:

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ASHWIN RAJ says that there is no conflict of interest in being the Chairman of Fiji’s Media Industry Development Authority (MIDA) and as the Director of the FHRC

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16 Comments
Injustice
21/3/2016 11:23:31 am

It is one of the saddest day in this new Fiji. Rape is not only crime against humanity but sin against God. Fiji is full of thugs starting from the goverments top officials to ground level citizens. All pornographic contents should be blocked in Fiji. Law should be changed. The offender should be castrated then hanged. These kind of perverts should not be tolerated in society. Young girls and boys are raped almost daily yet this FFP government is silent. I feel very sorry for young girl Mere. A life is lost and it should be repaid with life. Fiji being so small country yet rape is biggest crime while bigger countries have smaller percentage of crime against women. Lets all respect women whether young or old but this kind of incident should be stopped. I plead with parents to accompany their sons and daughter wherever they go. Dont leave them with relatives and strangers as they can also prey upon them. Have to distinguish even between relatives as statistic reveal most perpetrators are always related òr known to the victims. There is no future whatsoever for our children in Fiji as long as law is not changed. Sometimes I am wondering what the chairman of justice law and order doing. Mr. Mortein is silent. Seems like he is encouraging this based on the assumption of sunny leone's recent visit to Fiji. Fiji was encouraging porno queens visit hence indirectly encouraging porno. Rape will continue even if harsher penalties are imposed unless penalty such as castration and death by hanging is introduced. Its time to rise up and voice our concern so that the parliamentary committee on justice listens to our voice unless we rise up and do something nothing will happen. We cannot be silent, sit and wait that somebody will do something. Enough is enough. Its time for us citizen to rise up and demand from govt for law to be changed asap.

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Rajend Naidu
21/3/2016 08:47:29 pm

Editor,
Jean Pierre Bemba, the former rebel leader turned politician, who became Democratic Republic of Congo's Vice-President has been found guilty of " murder, rape and pillage " at his ICC trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity ( Aljazeera 22/03).
40 witnesses testified at the trial that started in November 2010.
In Fiji the Raping of Democracy started in 1987 when Rabuka did the first military coup. ( see the late Fiji Times cartoonist Lai's Democracy -RIP cartoon of that time). continued that trend with his military coup in 2006. Democracy is the main causality of the coup. The various institutions of state and society no longer carry out their roles in the diligent way they were meant to. In such a political environment it has become easy to stray from the norms of democratic living and governance.
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu

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Law
21/3/2016 09:20:05 pm

Dont take me wrong but this is a fallout of a breakdown in respect for law, order, ethical conduct and morality. When people see murders like Bai enjoying fully the perks of PM Office, what else will they believe. When people see Kai and his aunty milking money corruptly and giving false declarations, and still FICAC, military and police not doing anything, what will ordinary people think? The rot must stop if we are to re establish the rule of law and ethical and moral conduct. The criminals in power must be put int the dock and jailed. That is what will send the message to people and re establish people's faith in law and order, and consequence of illegalities.

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Law
21/3/2016 09:25:01 pm

We are not at a worse stage than after Rabuks's coup. Then within 7 years foundation for a new constitution was in place and by 1997 a new constitution was adopted. With Bai-kai coup, there is nothing like this. we are still to see people being consulted and nation being united behind common ideals. This is what is destroying Fiji.

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Tomasi
21/3/2016 10:18:16 pm

Thank you. I think both comments have substance and are worth serious consideration and action.

Nature teaches us many lessons, most of them are more valuable than the information and infortainment we are bombarded with everyday. One that there is a time for everything under the sun.There is a time to study, observe, analyse and reflect. Then there is also a time for appropriate action. When problems arise, we must seek solutions and apply them. Timely and appropriate action is essential in managing our daily lives at every level. From cooking a family meal to treating an infection, a rugby sevens, soccer or tennis match, timely and appropriate actions and responses are so critical to our success. The action must be appropriate and timely. If we are too early or too soon, the result or outcome will not be as expected.

Nine years of observing, studying and suffering from the evil actions and decisions of this dictatorship is ENOUGH to provide us a basis for a Timely and APPROPRIATE response. We must not wait for our house to burn down completely before we act to extinguish the fire. We must ACT NOW.

What must we do? Organise a mass civil action to remove Bai and Khai from Government and hold an thorough investigation by competent people since 2006. We must act now to hold them accountable for what has happened under their military coup and their dictatorship. Anything less will be too little too late. Appreciate your comments and ideas.

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Vili
22/3/2016 10:14:42 am

Why a "thorough investigation by competent people since 2006'?

Why not go back to 1987?

You are engaging in 'selective outrage' Tomasi.

If you want to understand and rid the coup-culture in Fiji, you have to go back to 1987.

You are drawing an arbitrary line at 2006 because it suits your intellectually-corrupt political agenda that is basically ethno-nationalist in nature and very selective in the expressed outrage it engages in as part of its overall strategy.

Sa rauta mada na lasu o ni kitaka tiko mai kemuni

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Dekho
22/3/2016 10:07:54 pm

Vili don't be silly. Why 1987? Why not go back to 1977? Wasn't that when the first ethno- nationalist coup took place in Fiji?
The 2006 coup trial would provide a perfect plat form to put a full stop to the coup culure in Fiji.
Let's round up the coupists and haul them to court.

Vili
23/3/2016 08:49:04 am

Problem is, all those who had a hand in 1977 have passed on.

You are being silly Dekho. Using your logic we should also go back in history and put on trial those who were responsible who sentenced Jesus Christ to go die on the Cross.

Pyotr Velikiy
23/3/2016 11:12:03 am

Vili, never mind 1987, the first couple in Fiji was conducted by the Ku Klux Klan on the 5 the June 1871 and the coup leader later called self styled king was none other than your grandfather Seru Cakobau. It was exactly 10 am on the shores of Levuka when the coup culture started... So Rabuka,George, Voreqe,Ratu Mara, Khaiyum are mere copycats.
Fact before Fiction William! Incidentally your name suggests you're a Lauan as every male from there are either Tevita (David Cargill) or Villiame( William Cross). Have we forgotten your relative here?? Ma'afu the coup master??

Vili
24/3/2016 11:20:22 pm

@ Pytor

Please go take two Panadol and have a lie down. You will feel better in a few hours.

An enema might relieve your constipation.

rajend naidu
21/3/2016 11:28:09 pm

Editor,
Societal Attitude to Women
Jill Price makes good sense with her comment, " ... Respect is not about making everybody the same; it is about recognising the value of every human being. It means that we honour one another even when we think or behave differently..."( ct letters 22/3).
Sociology101 tells us people differ in the way they think and behave.
The problem of violence against women ( including rape ) is not only one of lack of respect for difference but one of dominance, of power.
The women who were taken to the camps after the coup can vouch for that I am sure.
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu

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Socho
22/3/2016 04:32:34 am

Excellent cartoon " the two faces of Murray McCully" . It captures so accurately the inconsistency and the hypocrisy of this spineless NZ foreign minister. It is a shame that a good democracy like NZ should have such a rotten foreign minister who showed no back bone when it came to defending democracy in Fiji and condemning the Bainimarama dictatorship.

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rajend naidu
22/3/2016 06:31:22 am

Editor,
STATE AS PERPETRATORS OF ABUSE
We learn from Radio Free Europe 20/03 report ' Uzbek Law Enforcement Ups The Terror On Citizenry' that terror thrives in Uzbekistan and it is the representatives of law enforcement agencies who are responsible.
The Uzbek authorities have meted out some tough justice in the past. There are many, many allegations of abuse, failure to observe dur process of law, convictions based on flimsy evidence, coerced confessions, false witnesses, false charges, and so forth. Some periods have been worse than others.
But the latest round of brutality comes after President Islam Karimov, in an address marking Constitution Day in early December, voiced rare criticism of the police.
" Our people can tolerate all kinds of difficulties, but they cannot tolerate injustice" Karimov said. " it is no secret that in our daily life...one can often notice such facts as nonobservance(of laws) and gross violations,in practice, of norms and provisions of the legislation and principles of justice, as well as callous attitude of law enforcement and supervising bodies to their duties, which leads to unlawful actions".
The article provides many examples
Fijileaks followers are familiar with that trend in post coup Fiji from the examples provided by Fijileaks .
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu

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Tomasi
23/3/2016 01:40:23 pm

Thanks gentlemen. Well said. The timeframe is important. But what we need most of all is action, of the timely and appropriate kind.

Vili, if I have an agenda, it is this. To restore the freedom and rights of all our communities in Fiji. To restore their confidence in a government that represents and protects their rights and promotes their interest within the bounds of God's moral principles and standards. Apart from that, I have no other agenda but to see our young, small and developing nation grow and blssom to become what is was destined to be. A place where all people from its its divergent ethnic and religious communities have a sense of identity, belonging and purpose.

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Vili
24/3/2016 11:22:36 pm

Vinaka Tom. A very noble agenda.

Have a happy Easter bro

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Waikato times sub editor
26/3/2016 06:27:49 am

Yes Nemani Delaibatiki, I mean Vili, your opinions are the only ones people of Fiji should be subjected to.
I will recommend to rfmf to give you an Enema one of these days to relieve you of your monologue and sermon to us all. Ulukau from Fairfield!!
Back in Hamilton, you were very very anti Bainimarama, but suddenly with money thrown at you, your ethics and morals were left behind at Templeview.


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