FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Australia’s crude Fiji sanctions policy backfires*

The policy of the governments of Australia and New Zealand to impose sanctions on the judiciary in Fiji has backfired, leading to the expulsion of Australia’s and New Zealand’s high commissioners.Australia’s policy of punishing the government in Fiji is hypocritical, as it has not imposed any sanctions on other more repressive governments, including the governments of Burma, Vietnam and China.In light of the fact that the Fijian judiciary protects the rights of Fijians and foreigners, the target…

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