Tag: George Speight
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...
Freedom of speech in the Pacific: Don’t shoot the messenger
Many Pacific Islands neophyte journalists face a baptism of fire. It often takes raw courage to be a journalist in the Pacific. DAVID ROBIE...
Archive: Frontline reporters: A students’ internet coup
By David Robie
Hours after a mob attached Fiji Television and cut transmission for almost 48 hours, the University of the South Pacific pulled the...