After a two-month hostage standoff in Suva, Fiji, that started May 19, Fiji coup leader George Speight freed ousted Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudry and 17 others Thursday, proclaiming that the ...

A descendent of sugar- cane farmers, Mahendra Chaudhry was Fiji's first ethnic Indian prime minister--until he was taken hostage by indigenous thugs last May and kept hostage in Parliament ...

Deposed Fiji Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and 17 other political hostages were freed today after being held for 56 days by nationalists demanding an end to ethnic Indian political power.

For eight weeks Mahendra Chaudhry, a descendant of immigrant sugar-cane farmers, endured beatings and death threats during his country's second coup since its independence from Great Britain in 1970.

The rebels, who stormed the country's parliament and held the elected government of Mahendra Chaudhry hostage for eight weeks, are still awaiting trial for treason. Many Suva residents believe it is ...

Fiji's ousted Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry said on Thursday he was confident of popular support and believed he could still win an election. "Those who participated in the coup are a minority," ...