Fiji, Nov. 25 -- Fiji's Minister for Policing and Communications, Ioane Naivalurua, has ordered immediate security upgrades at all court premises after a journalist was violently attacked outside a courthouse on Monday, calling the incident "unacceptable" and a direct threat to democracy.

Naivalurua said the assault on Fijian journalist Apenisa Waqaidrovu was the latest in a series of attacks and intimidation directed at media workers covering court proceedings.

"This unacceptable incident follows several previous occasions in which media personnel have been chased, threatened, sworn at, or had their equipment struck or damaged by accused or convicted persons exiting court," he said.

"Let me be very clear: no journalist in Fiji should ...