Fiji's High Court sentenced indigenous coup leader George Speight to death for treason today but the South Pacific nation's president immediately commuted the sentence to life in prison.

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde Bd. 58, 2012 'FIJI HAS A COUP CULTURE': Discussing Fi... In this article I discuss Fiji's political instability, ...

Fiji's High Court found Frank Bainimarama guilty ... A former military commander, he seized power in a bloodless coup in 2006 ...

The Fiji Times newspaper reported. Bainimarama had led his government for 16 years, first as a military dictator following a 2006 coup and then as a prime minister who was democratically elected ...