The Fiji government has banned all protests and demonstrations planned for next week's summit of leaders from the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of countries in Nadi.
The secretary for home affairs, Col Jeremaia Waqanisau, has told Radio Fiji that since the May 2000 coup, the government has turned down all requests for permits to hold protests and demonstrations.
Col Waqanisau says among considerations taken into account in making the decision was the security of the protestors because indigenous landowners in the Nadi area do not want any demonstrations to take place on their land.
Fiji's NGO Coalition for Human Rights had planned a demonstration at the ACP summit to protest against the Laisenia Qarase-led government.
The chair of the NGO Coalition, the Rev Aquila Yabaki, said ACP countries needed to know that Mr Qarase is yet to fulfill the constitutional requirement for a multi-party cabinet.
The protestors had also intended to express solidarity with people in ACP countries whose human rights have been abused.
Other groups including some cane farmers had also planned to hold protests.
