Thank you, Chief Justice

I was thrilled to have recently receive this private email (abridged) from the very charming Chief Justice of Fiji, Anthony Gates, about my book ‘Redeeming Moti’. Dear Dr Merrell, I have been meaning to drop you a line. I read the book straight after your book launch here in Suva. I read it over 2 days. It was a very brave book. It was clear, simple, and shocking. It told of a very bad chapter in the annals of the Australian Foreign Service. Everybody behaved badly, really badly. Politics invaded the Civil Service and all other arms of government. It Continue reading Thank you, Chief Justice

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Speech/review ‘Redeeming Moti’

  “…every person in the Pacific and the world should read this book.”       by Professor Shaista Shameen, Dean of the Law School, University of Fiji on the occasion of the launch in Suva, Fiji, 14 May, 2017 (Abridged)     Hon. Members of Parliament, Hon. Chief Justice and members of the Judiciary, Your Excellencies of the Diplomatic Corps, Distinguished Colleagues, Students, Ladies and Gentlemen. Until I read Dr Merrell’s book last week, I had no idea of the actual facts [of the Julian Moti saga] only that he had eventually been cleared by the Australian courts. [But] Continue reading Speech/review ‘Redeeming Moti’

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