LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

US gun-running case

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:03:22

Description

Report on the trial of gun-runners for the IRA Colm Meehan and Eamon Meehan in America (with 2 other defendants). They are claiming insanity after being imprisoned and (they claim) tortured in Northern Ireland. Eamon Meehan’s attorney, Michael Dowd, comments. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Michael Dowd

Keywords

USA; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; UK; IRA; Rights of prisoners; Mental health; Smuggling; Weapons; Trials; Mental diseases; Torture; Stress; Prisoners; Guns; Human rights violation; Colm Meehan; Eamon Meehan

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