Sakharov to make official press conference

Title

Sakharov to make official press conference

Genre

News report

TX Date

3 Jun 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:03:02

Description

John Alcock reports from Moscow back to the studio on news Dr Andrei Sakharov, a Soviet dissident who holds a Nobel Peace Prize for his campaigns against human rights abuses, is to hold a news conference in Moscow with official government backing. And on the glasnost and perestroika regime of Mikhail Gorbachev which released Sakharov from exile. Male studio reporter not identified.

Contributors

John Alcock

Keywords

USA; Human rights; Human rights violations; Exiles; Human rights movements; USSR; Political reform; Nobel prizes; Civil and political rights; Political dissidents; Andrei Sakharov; Moscow; Mikhail Gorbachev; Glasnost

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