Failed coup leader George Speight is free from jail — leaving Fiji ...
Sep 25, 2024 · George Speight (left) was released from jail after receiving a presidential pardon. (Facebook: Fiji Corrections Service) It's a decision that has raised apprehensions among the Indo-Fijian community, which suffered violence after the 2000 coup.
Failed Fijian coup leader George Speight released from prison …
Sep 19, 2024 · 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 minister Mahendra Chaudhry and his government hostage for 56 days. He was originally given the death penalty but his sentence was commuted to life in prison.
George Speight - Wikipedia
George Speight (/ s p eɪ t /; [1] born 1957), also known by his pseudonym Ilikimi Naitini, [2] is a Fijian businessman and politician who was the leader of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état, in which he and rebel soldiers from Fiji's Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit seized the Fijian Parliament and held Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and 35 ...
George Speight pardoned after 24 years - Fijivillage
Sep 23, 2024 · 2000 coup leader George Speight and Counter Revolutionary Warfare leader Shane Stevens have been granted Presidential pardons. They have been officially discharged from custody.
Fiji coup leader George Speight released after pardon
Sep 19, 2024 · 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 Commission, officials...
Speight pardoned after 24 years in prison - The Fiji Times
Sep 20, 2024 · George Speight, the businessman who gained notoriety as the self-proclaimed leader of the 2000 coup, is a free man. He was released from prison, along with former military officer Shane Stevens, after they were granted Presidential pardon by the Mercy Commission and officially discharged from the Fiji Corrections Service’s custody yesterday ...
Fiji coup leader George Speight released from prison after …
Sep 20, 2024 · Failed Fijian coup leader George Speight and six others were released from prison on Thursday after being granted a pardon by President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere, who acted on the advice of Fiji’s Mercy Commission.
Fiji Coup Leader George Speight Released After Pardon - U.S. News ...
Sep 19, 2024 · 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...
George Speight released from prison - ABC Pacific
Sep 22, 2024 · After serving more two decades in prison, Fiji's failed coup leader George Speight is now a free man. He succeeded in securing a presidential pardon after his application was received by a mercy ...
Fiji pardons 2000 coup leader George Speight and former CRW …
Sep 20, 2024 · 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 nation.