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Kelvin Anthony

Kelvin Anthony is a freelance journalist from Fiji, living in Australia

August 2021

  • Police check cars at a security stop in Suva after the detention of opposition figures over the land bill in July

    The Pacific project
    Fiji’s political turmoil: everything you need to know

    An unpopular new law that critics say will remove power from landowners has triggered political and social upheaval

July 2021

  • The Fiji prime minister, Frank Bainimarama

    The Pacific project
    Nine Fiji opposition MPs arrested over criticism of land bill

    Detentions, including two former PMs, prompt fears government is using police as a ‘political weapon’

January 2021

  • Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Fiji’s attorney general, will not face charges over allegations he was involved in two bombing attacks in Suva more than 30 years ago.

    The Pacific project
    Fiji's attorney general won't face charges over 1987 bombings

    Prosecutor says there is ‘insufficient evidence’ to charge Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, one of Fiji’s most powerful political figures

November 2020

  • Fiji attorney general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

    The Pacific project
    Fiji gripped as attorney general investigated for cold-case bomb attack

  • The death of a man in custody has reignited debate over police violence in Fiji.

    The Pacific project
    Fiji death in custody reignites debate over police brutality

August 2020

  • The walls of the Suva Prison on Foster Road, Walu Bay, Suva, Fiji

    The Pacific project
    Investigations into police and prison violence blocked by Fiji authorities, whistleblowers say

    Exclusive: Allegations of brutality in Fiji’s prisons have been effectively ignored by the government’s human rights commission, insiders claim

June 2020

  • The University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia addresses students celebrating his reinstatement. Ahluwalia wrote a report alleging widespread financial mismanagement at the university.

    The Pacific project
    'Witch-hunts' and whistleblowers: University of the South Pacific in crisis

    Vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia suspended, then reinstated after he alleged widespread financial irregularities

May 2020

  • Jagath Karunaratne, the president of the Freedom Alliance party, says that people come out of prison as worse criminals than when they went in.

    The Pacific project
    'People come out worse': my time inside Fiji's broken prison system

  • Rokodausiga Josua Talemaisolomoni, 44, who served in the Corrections Service for 21 years and was the officer in charge of Suva prison.

    The Pacific project
    'Take him down': ex-officers accuse Fiji's prison commissioner of ordering staff to beat inmates

April 2020

  • Brigadier General Jone Kalouniwai (left) has said the fight against Covid-19 would ‘likely’ violate individual rights and the rule of law.

    The Pacific project
    Fijian military leader defends government's right to 'stifle' press during Covid crisis

    Concerns have also been raised about Vanuatu, where it is illegal to publish stories on coronavirus without government approval
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