Fiji rejects report alleging human rights violations
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Fiji's military has rejected the findings of an Amnesty International report that claims the interim government is using systematic human rights violations to control the population.
The report titled "Fiji, Paradise Lost" claims the Public Emergency Regulations have allowed the government and the military to breach the international charter of human rights and hide their actions behind media censorship.
Lieutenant Colonel Neumi Leweni says he thinks most of what is written in the report is based on lies.
He told the Radio Australia Today program that if the report's author could provide specific examples of abuses - he could disprove most of them.
"Well if he can actually specify the time and place in which those incidents took place, then we totally refute the claim," he said.
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