Fijian coup leader George Speight may be released on a presidential pardon as early as a month from now after he was jailed with 10 others for leading an attempted take-over in 2000. Fiji reporter Lice Movono says Speight was originally sentenced to death, but that was commuted to life in jail. Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-31/fiji-coup-leader-could-be-free-in-a-month-george-speight/102417038 | ABC Pacific

180K views · 3.4K reactions | I have been labelled as the father of the Coup Culture in Fiji, but I am prepared to defend my honour in a Court against anyone who wants to blame me in a paternity suit to say that I fathered the 2000 and 2006 Coup babies! I would defy any attempts to prove this by any calculation of gestational theories! | Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka | Facebook

21K views · 108 reactions | Did Qarase bring the 2006 coup upon himself? Watch this for MPC’s perspective. Why were prisoners released by Qarase ? | Fiji Transparency | Facebook

Veteran Fijian journalist, Netani Rika, and his wife were resting in their living room when suddenly a Molotov cocktail went crashing through their living room window. It was one of the many acts of violence and intimidation he endured after the 2006 military coup. For the past decade Fiji's media have operated under tight restrictions and scrutiny, with strict rules governing how stories can be reported. Now journalists are hoping for changes to Fiji's controversial Media Act, or its complete r