Jun 30, 2011 17:34 GMT  ·  By

A group of Fijian pro-democracy activists are asking hackers worldwide for help to obtain data and documents that would expose corruption within the country's military government.

The activists maintain a blog called "Coup Four and a Half" where they publish all the incriminating information they obtain. The blog's name is a reference to the four coups d'état that Fiji has experienced throughout its history.

The last one occurred in 2006 when Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, the commander of the Fiji Military Forces, seized power from the country's then-Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. Ironically, Qarase came to power in 2000 as a result of a coup d'état himself.

Bainimarama was installed as Prime Minister with the approval of the Fijian president who later suspended the Constitution and dismissed the country's Court of Appeal for ruling the interim government illegal.

Fiji has been under military rule since 2006 with military officers installed at all levels of government. The country was expelled from the Pacific Islands Forum and suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations for failing to hold elections.

The "Coup Four and a Half" pro-democracy fighters contacted HackerLeaks, a new WikiLeaks-style website for hackers, to ask for help.

"Hello brothers. We are intel officers fighting to free Fiji from a dictactor and its military rule by bringing peace and a democratic government.

"The people are being beaten everyday while our government fills it pockets with huge monies from public funds. Reference of what is happening in our small country Fiji can be found at our blog sites: www.coupfourandahalf.com.   "We in Fiji don't have resources to fight the government and retrieve information from their servers to let the world 'know the truth' about our governments shady dealings. That is why we need you. Please help us crack and steal government file and sites," the activists wrote, according to HackerLeaks.

The request falls in line with Anonymous' Operation Anti-Security which targets corrupt governments and organizations around the world. It remains to be seen if any hackers will answer the call.