Paul Ride held hostage in Iraq

Title

Paul Ride held hostage in Iraq

Genre

Interview

TX Date

21 Aug 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:58

Description

Foreign Office minister Mark Lennox-Boyd on the imprisonment of Briton Paul Ride in Iraq for illegally entering the country; possibilty he is being held as a human shield because of the UN air-exclusion zone; and representations being made to the Iraqis through Soviet diplomats. Clayre Gribben interviews.

Contributors

Clayre Gribben; Mark Lennox-Boyd

Keywords

Political prisoners; UK; Imprisonment; Diplomacy; Hostages; Iraq; Saddam Hussein; Paul Ride

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