Fiji: Investigate military’s alleged beating of 60-year-old man over texts to Prime Minister

Headline Title: Fiji: Investigate military’s alleged beating of 60-year-old man 30 September 2014 Fiji authorities must urgently investigate allegations that a man was severely beaten by army officers after he had sent a series of angry text messages to Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, Amnesty International said. Amnesty International has received credible information that four army officers turned up at the home of the 60-year-old teacher in a town outside the capital Suva on 27 September, dragged him to a nearby alleyway and assaulted him. Earlier on the same day, the…

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