LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

British nurses arrested in Saudi Arabia

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Nov 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:04:10

Description

Report from Heathrow Airport on a clampdown on female expatriates in Saudi Arabia, with British nurses being arrested for flouting local laws. Includes interviews with returning nurses on their arrest and termination of contracts, and nurses still in prison, and with nurse Nicola Conduit(?), who warns people not to seek work in the country for now. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Nicola Conduit(?)

Keywords

Law; UK; British; Nurses; Employment; Imprisonment; Saudi Arabia; Islam; Foreigners; Arrests; Riyadh; Islamic law

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