Advancing Freedom and Democracy Reports - Fiji & Tonga

The U.S. Department of State announces the release of the Advancing Freedom and Democracy Report for May 2008. (more)

• Fiji     
• Tonga

U.S. Consul Travel to Tonga (Vavau) - July 28 and 29, 2008

Consul Quinn Plant will be in Vavau, Tonga from Monday July 28 to Tuesday July 29 to conduct voting outreach and take applications for reports of births and passports, and to notarize documents that will be used in the U.S.  (more)

Democracy Fellowships:

Deadline November 3, 2008

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) invites applications to its Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program. Established in 2001 to enable democracy practitioners and scholars from around the world to deepen their understand­ing of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change, the program is based at NED’s International Forum for Democratic Studies, in Wash­ington, D.C.  (more)

United States Strong Concern About Hannah Expulsion

The United States Government is very concerned by the Fiji Interim Government’s expulsion of Fiji Times publisher Evan Hannah. This is the second time the Interim Government has expelled a newspaper publisher in less than 10 weeks (more)