Fijian former coup leader George Speight was granted a presidential pardon and freed on September 19, after spending 24 years in jail on treason charges. Fiji Corrections Service said that the businessman-turned-putschist was formally granted a pardon along with six others. He was granted clemency on the recommendation of a “Mercy Commission” which was set...

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