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Hugh Lewin on plight of political prisoners in South Africa (1978)

Genre

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...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Victory’s Review of the Year 1981 (1982)

1- Royal Wedding. 2- American hostages returned. Arrest of Peter Sutcliffe. Murder of parents by Andrew Alder near Chichester. 3- Cutbacks at Portsmouth Dockyard, 4 thousand jobs lost [60 percent of work...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Irish political prisoners (1978)

Genre

Interview

Labour MP Joan Maynard voices her distaste at the treatment of Irish prisoners in prison in this country, she is supporting protesters. She claims the Irish prisoners are discriminated against with visit...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Chilean prisoners to be freed? (1978)

Genre

Interview

Unidentified Amnesty International spokesman on the possible release of prisoners of conscience in Chile. Over 1500 individuals are currently unaccounted for. Male interviewer not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Maze Prison protest - John Hume view (1980)

Genre

Interview

Eamonn Mallie interviews SDLP leader John Hume on the conditions in the Maze Prison and the hunger strike at the jail by Republican prisoners. Calls for all parties to seek a resolution.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Denis Faul on hunger strikes (1980)

Genre

Interview

Father Denis Faul describes the situation surrounding a hunger strike at Maze Prison, Northern Ireland. He has been asking inmates to suspended the strike to give more time for negotiation. Faul says the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Start of hunger strike at Maze Prison (1980)

Genre

News report

Eamonn Mallie reports from Northern Ireland on the start of a hunger strike by republican prisoners at the Maze Prison in Belfast in protest against the UK Government’s refusal to grant them political...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

NI prisoners released (1995)

Genre

Interview

Eighty-eight prisoners have been released as part of the peace process in Northern Ireland. Sinn Fein’s spokesman, Raymond McCartney, says he does not want to sound begrudging but it won’t have any...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Terrorists escape from Maze (1986)

Genre

Interview

Ken Livingstone on asking the Dutch Government to refuse Britain’s request to extradite two terrorists who escaped from the Maze Prison outside Belfast. He does not believe they will receive fair...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Maze hunger strike - Humphrey Atkins view (1980)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on an interview (including excerpts) with UK Northern Ireland Secretary Humphrey Atkins on the hunger strike by Republican prisoners at the Maze Prison in Belfast and their demands for political...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio