shameem intimidate bloggers - my two cents

Fijilive.com reported yesterday, 19th May, that military puppet and Fiji human rights director, shaista Shameem has said "that FHRC will not tolerate any hate speech and that those expressing such speeches under the current cloak of anonymity on blogs should face the full brunt of the law if they are identified." This is nothing but an attempt to scare off loyal and patriotic members of the public attempting to speak out against the thug regime in place and those behind it. Including their minority supporters such as shameem herself. Let me make something very clear for you lady, you have no authority to be calling for actions to be taken against any public bloggers in this country because thanks to you, the organisation which you claim to represent now have a zero credibility amongst the vast majority of citizens in this country. So, give us a break with the leagal threats and go find something useful to do while you have the time to do so. As i have said before, we the people of this country will be out in numbers to put the likes of you away when our next elected government gets into power.

Fijilive.com futher says that "FHRC has also observed the violation of the right to privacy on these blogspots, with personal addresses and telephone numbers of individuals who have been targeted being disseminated publicly, giving rise to concerns about personal and family security of these individuals," Dr Shameem said. Let me clarify something here. Personal addresses and telephone numbers are details you can look up in the white pages and are already publicly available before they even showed up in these blogs. You could simply go to http://www.whitepages.com.fj and do a name search and obtain street addresses with phone numbers of people you're looking for. So, cut the bull crap and like i said above, go find something useful to do because we aint falling for it.

Fijilive.com furthers says that "She said while freedom of expression and speech is protected by the Constitution 'this freedom does not include freedom to express ‘hate speech’ or damage the reputation, dignity, privacy, or rights and freedoms of other individuals." I think what she is trying to say here is that we do not have the right to expose the truth that may hurt some people and under the current thug administration, we will be prosecuted. We understand that defamation is illegal Shameem. But what's being said on these sites can only amount to defamation if they are false and cause a loss to the supposed victim. And with regards to the hate speeech you claim, im pretty sure that the majority of readers who visit these site's will disagree with you. Its something we call resistance and yes it can be brutal sometimes, but nevertheless contains a truth that the overwhelming majority of people in this country stands by - coup and dictatorship is not acceptable and must die. It surprises me that you can be bold enough to lash out agaist bloggers, voicing their opinions on the situation in their beloved country, while the military runs an aggressive intimidating camapaign against the people. Shame on you, woman. Karma is coming, and it won't be sympathetic.