Fiji's High Court sentenced indigenous coup leader George Speight ... sentencing, Speight's lawyers delivered a letter to the president's office asking for mercy. The president has the power ...

Treason charges against Fiji coup leader George Speight and ... however the interim government has indicated to Wellington that they did not want the men back. Speight and nine others, including ...

George Speight, leader of Fiji’s 2000 coup, returned to his village of Naivicula after 24 years and addressed his family for the first time since ... I received sustained me throughout. My mind has ...

The release of George Speight has certain sensitivities (George Speight speaking to the media following the May 14, 2000 coup (Photo Courtesy: Fiji Village ... most of his family is overseas; I have ...

A Fiji politics watcher doubts the 2000 coup frontman George Speight will seek to involve ... So it was always likely that Speight would be released," he said. But, he said, Speight's release has ...

It was a failed coup that unleashed nearly two years of violent turmoil in Fiji — events that brought suffering still deeply felt by victims. Former businessman George Speight stormed the nation ...

A Fiji politics ... about Speight's own political disposition. "I have heard that he is a devout Christian; most of his family is overseas; I have been told he had a marital breakup within a year of ...

2000 coup leader, George Speight is focusing on family first before any ... of the Constitution, has the power to recommend to the President of Fiji: (a) grant a free or conditional pardon ...

The Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) Chair Ratu Viliame Seruvakula has expressed confidence that George Speight and Shane Stevens pose no threat to Fiji’s stability following their release. He emphasised ...

Close family members of George Speight have expressed joy with ... to have travelled from New Zealand yesterday. FBC News has also been informed that Speight may be ready to address the media and Fiji ...

Failed coup leader George Speight has been granted a presidential pardon and released from Fiji's correctional facility Thursday, 24 years after orchestrating the 2000 coup that shook the Pacific ...