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Kiribati votes in key election after years of turbulence

Pacific island nation is strategically important, but voters also have economic concerns.

Al Jazeera

Kiribati's Pro-China Government Faces Election Test

Pacific nation Kiribati will begin voting in a general election this week, a poll that will test the strengthening ties between China and the government of the climate-threatened archipelago.

International Business Times

Australians frozen out of Kiribati as China eyes prize

A string of visa issues and access roadblocks for diplomats and journalists have raised questions about Australia's influence in the Pacific nation of Kiribati.

AAP

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Kiribati parliament votes to remove Australian judge

The pathway for another attempt to deport an Australian-born High Court judge in Kiribati has been paved after its parliament voted to remove him from office.

AAP

Australia scales up security and development cooperation with Kiribati as China's reach grows

Foreign Minister Penny Wong meets Kiribati's President Taneti Maamau in the capital Tarawa on her first visit since Labor won power last year, promising to cement security ties and invest in infrastructure.

ABC News

Pacific Island leaders announce US President Joe Biden will visit the region

Five Micronesian countries declare that President Joe Biden will visit the Pacific for a leaders' meeting later this year, in another sign the US remains intent on ramping up high level diplomatic engagement with the region.

ABC News

Appointment of Kiribati's attorney-general as acting chief justice 'weakens democracy and transparency', says anti-corruption group

Fears over democratic decline have intensified in Kiribati after the appointment of the country's attorney-general to the position of acting chief justice.

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Kiribati controversy as attorney general becomes acting chief justice

Tetiro Semilota appointed from within ranks of government that fired country’s most senior judge, another from high court and whole court of appeal

The Guardian - AU

Kiribati suspends appeals court judges as constitutional crisis worsens

The Kiribati government has suspended three retired New Zealand judges sitting on its court of appeal, a New Zealand official said on Tuesday, worsening a constitutional crisis that has plagued the Pacific nation for months.

Reuters

Kiribati left without high-level court after president suspends three appeal judges

The decision worsens the constitutional crisis plaguing the Pacific country, which also suspended a high court judge last month

The Guardian - AU

Kiribati suspends all Court of Appeal judges after row over attempts to deport High Court justice David Lambourne to Australia

The decision effectively leaves the Pacific Island nation without any functioning high-level courts, deepening its legal and constitutional crisis.

ABC News

Kiribati government's attempts to deport High Court justice David Lambourne to Australia found to be invalid and quashed

Justice David Lambourne was suspended from his position over alleged misconduct in May and earlier this month the government of Kiribati twice tried to deport him, but an appeals court has found the move to be "invalid".

ABC News

Court lashes Kiribati government over treatment of Australian-born judge

Kiribati’s court of appeal said government’s latest bid to deport high court justice David Lambourne on national security grounds was ‘far-fetched’

The Guardian - AU

Bid to deport Australian judge quashed

An Australian-born high court judge in Kiribati has won an appeal to stop his deportation from the Pacific island nation.

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Pacific Island high courts are still dominated by foreign judges, but a constitutional crisis in Kiribati is exposing the risks

The battle in Kiribati between the government and an Australian-born High Court justice has caused a constitutional crisis, drawing attention to the role and vulnerabilities of foreign judges in the Pacific — and there's a lot of them. So why does the region still have so many serving on its…

The Guardian - AU

Australian-born judge released from immigration detention in Kiribati, after being held overnight

David Lambourne, who serves on the high court of Kiribati, was detained on Thursday after a failed attempt by the Kiribati government to deport him

ABC News

Kiribati court grants David Lambourne bail, slams attempts to deport High Court justice back to Australia

The Appeals Court orders the immediate release of Australian David Lambourne, who was placed in immigration detention following a failed deportation attempt by the Kiribati government.

ABC News

Attempts to deport Kiribati High Court Justice David Lambourne back to Australia lead to airport stand-off

David Lambourne, an Australian citizen, is in immigration dentation after a dramatic deportation attempt at Kiribati's international airport where Fiji Airlines pushed against the government, refusing to fly the judge against his will.

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The Guardian - AU

Kiribati constitutional crisis deepens as it detains Australian-born high court justice

Judge David Lambourne was detained after a failed bid to deport him, which he called a ‘devastating assault on the rule of law’ in Kiribati

The Guardian - AU

Kiribati faces constitutional crisis after government suspends both high court justices

Second judge suspended as legal challenge from first judge due to begin, escalating ongoing controversy over separation of powers

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