Shamima Ali remembers human rights activists detained by the military on Christmas Eve - Dec 2006
Channel: Fiji Women's Crisis Centre
Date: 2023-05-25

On Saturday - December 24th 2022, Shamima Ali, a feminist political activist and long time coordinator of the iconic Fiji Women's Crisis Centre shared what the day meant for her and long time campaigners for democracy, rule of law and human rights. 

She shares this story with Semi Turaga, a journalist attached with the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre at the time. The conversation took place on the balcony at her home along Princes Rd after she attended a public viewing of the swearing of Fiji's new Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka at Holiday Inn in Suva. 

In this video, Shamima Ali is remembering human rights activists who have fought the good fight especially those who were detained and interrogated by the military on Christmas Eve in December, 2006.