Tag: George Speight
Archive: Fiji – why the media were also Speight’s hostages
Some reporters and news organisations were too ready to give legitimacy to George Speight's "two bit" rebellion. The Fiji print media in particular failed...
Fiji’s ‘civil coup’ rebels free 10 MP hostages
By David Robie in Suva
Ten government ministers and backbench MPs held hostage by gunnmen in Fiji's Parliament in a self-styled "civil coup" were freed...
Archive: Fiji: The Internet Coup
By Jeremy Rose
The Fijians have taken to calling them "parachute journalists". The reporters, that is, who drop in from around the globe to file...
Archive: Council considers what to do about coup leader with ‘fanatical streak’
By David Robie in Suva
Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs is meeting at a military camp near Suva to decide how to respond to the...
Archive: Speight continues to hold cabinet hostage
By David Robie in Suva
Civilian gunmen leader George Speight today defied mounting international condemnation of the kidnapping of Fiji's elected cabinet, claiming that his...