Pacific Journalism Online shut-down
SUVA — The Pacific Journalism Online web site at the University of the South Pacific () has been closed by the USP administration. Vice-chancellor Esekia Solofa said the decision to shut the site — which is run by journalism students — was made for "security reasons".
"The recent damage [by supporters of coup leader George Speight] to Fiji Television premises show that because of Pacific Journalism Online, the whole of USP might have been at risk", said Solofa.
The web site, which includes the award-winning newspaper Wansolwara, has provided extensive, critical coverage of the political crisis in Fiji.
Alternative web sites of Pacific Journalism Online and Wansolwara have been established at (thanks to the University of Technology, Sydney, journalism department) and .