John Scott (humanitarian)

John Scott (humanitarian)

Infobox Person
name = John Scott


caption =
birth_date = 1948
birth_place = Suva, Fiji
death_date = July 1, 2001
death_place = Suva, Fiji
other_names =
known_for =
occupation = Director General, Fiji Red Cross
nationality = Fijian

John Maurice Scott (b. 1948 Suva, Fiji - July 1, 2001) was the Director General of the Fiji Red Cross and received a Red Cross award for his role in the hostage crisis during the 2000 Fijian coup d'état.

Scott was educated in Fiji and New Zealand and held a number of prominent public positions for various national, regional and international councils and programmes. He was a fourth generation European Fijian and his father, Sir Maurice Scott was the first European Speaker in the Parliament of Fiji.citation |periodical=New Zealand Herald |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=198836 |title=Shadow of gay phobia over 'angel of light' |date=July 7, 2001 |first=Naomi |last=Larkin |accessdate=2008-03-14 ]

Scott joined the Red Cross in 1994 and played a key mediation role after George Speight seized parliament on May 19 2000 and took Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and his government hostage for 56 days. Scott was initially the only outsider allowed to see the hostages and eventually oversaw their release.citation |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/781124.stm |date=7 June, 2000 |title=Fiji hostages' long ordeal |first=Phil |last=Mercer |periodical=BBC |accessdate=2008-03-14 ] He declined to testify in Speight's trial because he did not want to compromise the neutrality of the Red Cross.citation |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/423466/45886 |title=Link to trial for Fiji murders |date=July 2, 2001 |periodical=TVNZ |accessdate=2008-03-14 ]

Scott was involved in trying to restore Fiji's overthrown 1997 constitution and was among the members of the gay community that put forward submissions to keep the constitution because it protected their civil rights as homosexuals.

John Scott was murdered on July 1, 2001 in Suva along with his partner, Gregory Scrivener, in an apparent homophobic attack with a possible political motive.citation |title=Scrivener was tortured, says family |date=July 10, 2001 |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=199291 |periodical=New Zealand Herald |accessdate=2008-03-14 ]

John's Story has recently become the subject of a New Zealand documentary, "An Island Calling".citation |title=In the name of god |date=March 16, 2008 |url=http://stuff.co.nz/4440012a6619.html |periodical=Sunday Star Times |accessdate=2008-03-21 ] which is based on the book "Deep Beyond The Reef", written by his brother Owen Scott.

References

Books

* cite book
title = "Deep Beyond The Reef"
last = Scott
first = Owen
publisher = Penguin Books
date = 2004
isbn = 0143019619


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