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Sanctions imposed on Fiji

Military storms maximum security prison
SUVA. July 17 : The first sanctions to be imposed against Fiji were announced today as the Pacific nations new president was sworn in to replace the elected government, overthrown in a race-based coup, reports AFP.
The New Zealand government announced a raft of sanctions, including the halving its development aid to Fiji.
It also published a list of 300 people involved in the coup, who it said would be banned from entering the country, and ended a series of military and student exchanges.
But Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff stressed the measures were "limited" and said New Zealand had stopped short of announcing economic sanctions as they might lead to more violence.
"If we were to fire off a series of sanctions today to find that the new (government) line-up had
effectively excluded (coup leader George) Speight and all of his supporters, that would actually work to the detriment of moderate forces In FIJI who may commit themselves to the restoration of constitutional democracy and the rights of Indo-Fiji.ins," he said.
Also on Monday US Defence Secretary William Cohen was to discuss the Imposition of sanctions with Defence Minister John Moore and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer In Sydney.
Fiji has already been suspended from the Commonwealth.
On May 19 failed businessman Speight and a handful of special forces soldiers seized parliament in Fiji's capital Suva, capturing Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and his government.
Speight claimed to be acting in the name of ethnic Fijians and demanded a new government in which power was reserved for indigenous islanders.
Chaudhry, the country's first
ethnic Indian leader, was finally released last Thursday after the army, which declared martial law during the crisis, agreed to the bulk of Speight's demands.
These included an amnesty for him and his men and the replacement of the 1997 multi-racial constitution with plans for an apartheid like state where ethnic Fijians would have a permanent hold on power and be favoured financially at other minorities' expense. Chaudhry was deposed by the army soon after he was taken hostage.
Goff said New Zealand still considered the Chaudhry administration to be the legitimate government but saw no realistic prospect of it being reinstated.
The reduction In aid would cut New Zealand's provision from five million New Zealand dollars (2.4 million US dollars) to 2.5 million, no new programmes would be announced and existing ones frozen. Goff said.
Future possible sanctions included an extension to the ban on sporting links currently in place until August 31. said Goff, adding such measures could follow once the government lineup was announced.
The list of "banned" Fijians would also be made available to other countries should they wish to use it, he said.
The sanctions came as Fiji's new president Josefa Iloilo, the former vice president, was due to be sworn In.
Meanwhile, soldiers and police Monday stormed Fiji's maximum security prison, with many Injuries reported, local radio said.
Prisoners at the Naboro Maximum Security Unit have been holding up to 30 wardens hostage since last week.
Radio FM96 said soldiers had stormed into the prison on Monday. and it reported “lots of blood all over the place" following the drama.