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235 results found for '"Political prisoners"' in Keywords.
Hugh Lewin on plight of political prisoners in South Africa (1978)
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- Interview
Exiled journalist and former political prisoner Hugh Lewin on conditions in South Africa’s jails and the legal appeal to allow prisoners to receive news from the outside world. He says political prisoners...
Shah of Iran’s future (1978)
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- Interview
Vivian White interviews Robert Graham, author of Iran: The Illusion of Power, about the future of the Shah’s regime following religious and political upheaval in the country and mismanagement and...
State of emergency in India (1979)
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- Interview
Interview with an unidentified male representative for Amnesty International about emergency legislation in India during the period 1975-77 and the human rights infringements involved. The taking of...
Amnesty International 1978 report (1979)
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- Interview
Interview with David Simpson of Amnesty about the Amnesty International 1978 report. Female interviewer not identified.
Natan Sharansky spying allegations (1979)
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- Interview
Avital Sharansky on her husband Natan Sharansky aka Anatoly Shcharansky’s imprisonment in the Soviet Union on charges of treason and spying. Male interviewer not identified.
Willie Whitelaw on IRA prisoners (1979)
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- Interview
Interview with Conservative Party MP Willie Whitelaw who says he was wrong to allow IRA prisoners special status, while Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the Heath government from 1972 to 1973....
Irwin Cotler on being expelled from USSR (1979)
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- Interview
Whilst in London, Professor Irwin Cotler speaks about being expelled from Russia. Cotler had acted as lawyer for Anatoly Shcharansky.
Leonid Slepak released in USSR (1979)
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- 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.
Michael O’Rourke extradition (1979)
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- Interview
Andrew Manderstam interviews a male American attorney (not identified - poss. Charles Glackin) about the attempt by the Irish authorities to extradite suspected IRA terrorist Michael O’Rourke to Dublin...
Iranian embassy siege - gunmen’s demands (1980)
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- 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...