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The ''Fiji Times'' is a daily English-language newspaper published in Suva, Fiji. Established in Levuka on 4 September 1869 by ''George Littleton Griffiths'' (1844 Woolwich, England - 1908 Suva, Fiji), it is Fiji's oldest newspaper still operating. The newspaper claims to be "The First Newspaper Published In The World Every Day". The ''Fiji Times'' is owned by Mahendra Motibhai Patel, who purchased it from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp in 2010. The Fiji Times Limited board is chaired by Ross McDonald (as of 1996), and includes Adi Davila Toganivalu, a businesswoman named on 7 January 2006 to replace Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, a former High Court judge who resigned from the board upon becoming (in 2005) the Vice-President of Fiji. The Company Secretary is Umesh Prasad (since 2004). The former publisher Evan Hannah was forcibly removed from Fiji in 2008 as he was accused by the interim government of meddling in Fijian politics. An (online edition ) is published, featuring local news, sport and weather. == Coups and censorship == The Rabuka administration censored the ''Fiji Times'' for a while following the first military coup of 14 May 1987. In protest, the newspaper published an edition with large blank spaces, where articles censored by the military would have been placed. The ''Fiji Times'' announced on 5 December 2006, in the wake of the overthrow of the civilian government by the military, that it was suspending publication rather than bow to government censorship. Military officers had visited the premises that evening to prohibit the publication of any "propaganda" in support of the deposed government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. The online edition would be continuing publication as normal, however. Just before midday on 6 December, the military granted permission for the ''Times'' to resume publication without censorship. The ''Times'' reported on 9 December that two members of the public had been detained and questioned by the Military over letters they had written to the ''Times'' editor during the week, and were given a "verbal warning." Nonetheless, from December 2006 to April 2009, the ''Times'' was able to publish continuously articles critical of the interim government. The latter voiced its displeasure, but did not impose censorship. Following the 2009 Fijian constitutional crisis, however, all Fiji's media were censored, including the ''Fiji Times''. Censors are present in the paper's newsrooms. The newspaper's chief editor Netani Rika told Radio New Zealand International that "his journalists continue to cover every story in detail as if they were working in a democratic country without restrictions. And he says they challenge the censors by putting every possible news item before them." The website of the ''Fiji Times'' has also been censored since April 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fiji Times」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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