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68 results found for '"Political dissenters"' in Keywords.
Polish strikers demands (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Telephone interview with UPI reporter Walter Wisniewski in Warsaw on what the strikers are demanding during the general strike organised by the free trade union Solidarity in Poland and particularly taking...
Reaction to Polish strikes (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview on reaction in countries in Eastern Europe including Yugoslavia and Romania to the general strike organised by the free trade union Solidarity in Poland and now settled, and whether strikes are...
Solidarity demands in Poland (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with an American female reporter (poss. Ruth Gruber, UPI) about the acceptance by the Polish communist government of demands made by free trade union Solidarity following the general strike in the...
Martial law in Poland - possible resistance (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about possible resistance measures in Poland following an official Government announcement of martial law and the banning of the Solidarity trade union. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.
Pakistani Airways hijacking (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a Pakistani government officer about the Pakistani aeroplane that was hijacked and arrests of political activists that followed, denying they are connected. And on popular support for the...
Lech Walesa profile (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Profile of the co-founder of the first Polish trade union Solidarity, Lech Walesa and on how he reached his position. British male speaker and female interviewer not identified.
Trevor Lock’s role in Iranian embassy siege (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the actions of Trevor Lock, the now famous police guard at the Iranian embassy in London during the six-day long siege 9 months ago, as the inquest into the terrorist deaths ends. Trevor and his...
The disappeared remembered in Argentina (1982)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the weekly demonstration by women remembering The Disappeared, those who went missing under the rule of the military dictatorship in Argentina. With comment from the women (not identified). Male...
Russian delegation visit GLC human rights summit (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Report on the visit by Moscow Mayor Vladimir Promyslov and a Russian delegation to the GLC arranged Summit on Peace and Human Rights, including discussion of the treatment of Jewish dissidents in the Soviet...
Attempted Arafat overthrow (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Peter Allen-Frost reports from Israel on reaction to the attempted overthrow of Yasser Arafat as the leader of the PLO. Wih comment from Mordechai Gur, former Chief of General Staff; Yitzhak Rabin.