Open AccessThe contempt case of the 'Tongan three'
Author(s) -
David Robie
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
pacific journalism review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2324-2035
pISSN - 1023-9499
DOI - 10.24135/pjr.v3i2.575
Subject(s) - contempt , prime minister , publishing , project commissioning , freedom of the press , media studies , political science , law , new guinea , sociology , politics , ethnology
Media commentators see the jailings of two Taimi 'o Tongajournalists and an MP whistleblower in Tonga as the most serious threat to media freedom in the South Pacific since the Fiji coups in 1987. But Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka sees the harsh move as a lesson for journalists. Other critics regard the issue as one of a need for greater professionalism.