Tag: George Speight
Graham Davis: Fiji coup culture – here we go again. More instability?
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis
The Fiji Times totally crossed the line today by using a convicted felon who took part in the 2000 coup to...
Fiji’s Jo Nata reflects on the 2000 coup: ‘We let the racism genie out of the bottle’
SPECIAL REPORT: Islands Business in Suva
Today is the 24th anniversary of renegade and failed businessman George Speight’s coup in 2000 Fiji. The elected coalition...
2000 Fiji coup leader George Speight applies for presidential pardon
By Vijay Narayan in Suva
Fiji’s 2000 coup leader George Speight, who has been serving time in prison for more than 20 years, has applied...
Self-censorship in the Fiji media – Fijileaks reviews a timely book on coups, culture and criticism
By Victor Lal, founding editor-in-chief of Fijileaks
Don’t Spoil My Beautiful Face: Media, Mayhem & Human Rights in the Pacific, in a sense, is a...
Sedition, e-libel is the new media front line
By David Robie
One of Fiji’s best investigative journalists and media trainers ended up as a spin doctor and henchman for wannabe dictator George Speight....
USP graduation day reunion a cause for celebration
By Angeline Lal in Suva
It was an occasion to remember for three University of the South Pacific students and their former lecturer when they...