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New Zealand journalist barred
(PINA/IFEX) – On 29 November 1999, the regional news service Pacnews reported that Kiribati has barred New Zealand journalist Michael Field from the country. It said President Teburoro Tito had told parliament the government banned Field because of his articles published in the regional magazine “Pacific Islands Monthly”. Field is an Agence France-Presse journalist based […]
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Bid to start non-government radio in Kiribati leads to charges
(PINA/IFEX) – Efforts to set up the first non-government radio station on the main atoll in the central Pacific nation of Kiribati led to the station’s directors being charged in court on 17 September 1999. Ieremia Tabai and his partner in Newair FM, Atiera Tetoa, were jointly charged in the Magistrates’ Court at Bairiki, the […]