April 8, 2021 4:42 pm
The Director of the Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission, Ashwin Raj, says he will be making comments tomorrow.
This is in regards to what he calls major discrepancies in the US State Department’s 2020 country report on Human Rights in Fiji.
The report, which does not include any input from the Fijian government, has raised issues on human rights matters, which has gathered a lot of attention.
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Raj says he will be soon responding to the report in relation to not only factual inaccuracies and scant interpretation of the law but also the substantive human rights matters emanating from these inaccuracies.
Apr 07, 2021 12:08:19 PM Filipino seafarers who are currently stranded in Fiji and are claiming to be victims of human trafficking are expected to leave the country soon. The seafarers were flown into Fiji to work for Goundar Shipping. Some of them will be returning home after almost two years, effectively trapped working for the company due to low wages and refusal to honour repatriation costs. Adrianne Ali, the lawyer for the seafarers in an exclusive interview with
FijiLive said nine of the twenty Filipinos were given tickets to fly back home via Australia last month while the remaining are expected to leave by mid April.
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Mick Beddoes. Picture: FILE.
Former opposition leader Mick Beddoes quizzed Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission director Ashwin Raj over the powers he has to autonomously investigate cases.
He made the comment in a Facebook post in response to Mr Raj’s comments in an article which was published in
The Fiji Times on Saturday.
In the article, Mr Raj said Lautoka businessman Ben Padarath had the right to lodge a complaint with the FHRADC or alternatively raise his concerns in a court of law.
“But what about your powers under Section 30 which gives you the authority to investigate under your ‘own motion’,” Mr Beddoes said.
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