Fiji Human Rights Commission Says Methodist Conversion Plans Are Unconstitutional

In the South Pacific island nation of Fiji, the Human Rights Commission (press release) has warned that plans by the country's Methodist Church Conference to focus evangelizing efforts on the country's Indian population would violate Fiji's constitution as well as principles of international law. According to today's Fiji Times, Commission chairperson Dr. Shaista Shameem said that targeting of a minority group for particular attention for conversionary efforts would violate the fundamental principle of freedom of religion found in the 1997 Constitution of Fiji.