Briton detained in Baghdad

Title

Briton detained in Baghdad

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

18 Aug 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:35

Description

Peter Deeley reports on Paul Ride, a catering manager from Walthamstow, being held on unspecified charges in a Baghdad prison after disappearing from his work base in northern Kuwait. His wife Julie says she is stunned. Ex-detainee Douglas Brand talks about the intense interrogation he endured whilst in prison. Brand’s wife Rosemary offers advice and sympathy to Mrs Ride.

Contributors

Peter Deeley; Rosemary Brand; Douglas Brand; Julie Ride

Keywords

Middle East; British; Imprisonment; Kuwait; Iraq; Foreigners; Arrests; Baghdad; Paul Ride

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