Daughter of Iraqi prisoner awaits her return
- Title
- Daughter of Iraqi prisoner awaits her return
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 16 Jul 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:01:55
- Description
- Michelle de Vries, the daughter of released Iraqi prisoner, British nurse Daphne Parish, speaks of her relief at her mother’s release. Mrs Parish was released from prison in Iraq but only after her colleague, journalist Farzad Bazoft was executed for espionage. It is believed that the President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, was central in persuading the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to release her. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Michelle de Vries
- Keywords
- British; Zambia; Espionage; Imprisonment; Presidents; Family; Executions; Prisoners; Journalists; Foreign Office; Iraq; Kenneth Kaunda; Saddam Hussein; Daphne Parish; Farzad Bazoft
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LBC/IRN, "Daughter of Iraqi prisoner awaits her return". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0006600423012 (Accessed 01 May 2025)