Fiji isn’t a tropical tourist paradise, new dissident campaign says

Workers in Fiji are targeting tourists with a campaign that aims to debunk the idea that the country is a tropical paradise. The website www.destinationfiji.org accuses authorities on the island of violating the human rights of Fijian dissidents. "About the campaign thought Fiji was paradise? Think again," it says. "Since a military dictatorship led by Commodore Frank Bainimarama seized power of the South Pacific island nation in 2006, human and workers' rights have been under attack. "Over 60 per cent of Fijian wage earners now live below the poverty line, many workers earn less tha