Failed Fijian coup leader George Speight and six others were released from ... who acted on the advice of Fiji’s Mercy Commission. The president approved Speight’s release after the Mercy Commission ...

SUVA, Fiji, July 27 (Thursday) -- George Speight, who toppled Fiji's elected ... Speight and his supporters had been granted amnesty for releasing the last of their 27 hostages on July 13.

Fijian former coup leader George Speight was granted a presidential ... The contentious issue of his pardon and release has repeatedly been raised over the years – most notably by Indigenous ...

His release has left Fiji grappling once again ... brought to us about the carriage of arms in and around Suva by George Speight and his bodyguards and also threats to the head of state".

It took two months, but by the time George Speight freed the last of his 43 M.P. hostages from Suva’s Parliament building, he had done more damage than one of the cyclones that periodically ...

George Speight, who was found guilty of treason after leading a failed coup in May 2000, has received a presidential pardon and been released from prison. Speight held the country's then-prime ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Former coup leader George Speight, sentenced to life imprisonment in Fiji in 2002 for treason, was released from prison on Thursday after he was pardoned by Fiji's Mercy ...