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68 results found for '"Political dissenters"' in Keywords.
Anti-apartheid movement (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Executive Secretary of the UK Anti Apartheid Movement Mike Terry on the letter of protest handed to the South African ambassador over deaths and torture of detainees whilst in custody of South...
Soviet dissident trials (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
John Macdonald, human rights lawyer, on the illegality of Soviet dissident trials. One of the men being tried is seriously ill and would die if sent to a gulag. Previous trials were not run fairly and it...
Soviet dissident trials (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
Prue Keely reports on the Soviet dissident trials, their effect on international relations and the challenge they pose to human rights. Includes (speaking in the House of Commons): James Callaghan, Prime...
Defections to the West (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male speaker about recent defections (specifically artists and athletes) from the Soviet Union to the USA, and on Western culture. Comments that creative artists tend to want...
Leonid Slepak released in USSR (1979)
- Genre
- News report; Special; Interview
Report on the release in the USSR of Jewish dissident, Leonid Slepak. Includes archive recording of and interview with Leonid Slepak; interview with Labour MP Peter Archer. Male reporter not identified.
Iranian embassy siege - debate after end (1980)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Parliamentary statements and debate on 06/05/80 following the end of the siege by dissident Arab gunmen at the Iranian embassy in London (05/05/80). Speaking are: Home Secretary William (Willie) Whitelaw;...
Iranian embassy siege - gunmen’s demands (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male speaker (not identified - poss. a BBC journalist) about the demands of the dissident Arab gunmen during the siege at the Iranian embassy in London (04-05/80). He talks about a...
Andrei Sakharov arrested in Moscow (1980)
- Genre
- News report
Report on the arrest of the Soviet dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr Andrei Sakharov in Moscow. Female reporter not identified (poss. Judith Dawson?).
Iranian embassy siege - dissent in Iran (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Bob Holness interviews a male speaker (not identified) who profiles the Iranian Arabic organisation responsible for the Iranian embassy siege in London and on the dissent to the Iranian Ayatollah’s regime...
Gaddafi calls for dissident deaths (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an exiled Libyan political refugee on a call by leader Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi that all dissidents - including political opponents living aborad - should be executed. Male speaker and...