LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Nurse Daphne Parish speaks on her return to UK

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

18 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:08

Description

Nurse Daphne Parish speaks for the first time following her return to the UK. Parish was imprisoned in Iraq with journalist Farzad Bazoft on suspicion of espionage. President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda was central in persuading the President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein to release her, but Parish told the press not to criticise the Foreign Office. Havovi Todd reports.

Contributors

Daphne Parish; Havovi Todd

Keywords

UK; British; Zambia; Espionage; Imprisonment; Diplomacy; Presidents; Executions; Prisoners; Journalists; Foreign Office; Iraq; Kenneth Kaunda; Saddam Hussein; Daphne Parish; Farzad Bazoft

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