Nurse Daphne Parish freed from Iraq

Title

Nurse Daphne Parish freed from Iraq

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

16 Jul 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:50

Description

Nicky Broyd reports on the release of British nurse Daphne Parish, accused of spying, from prison in Iraq on humanitarian grounds after the intervention of Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda. With comment from her daughter Michelle de Vries; Iraqi ambassador to the UK Dr Azmi Shafiq Al-Salihi; UK Foreign Office minister William Waldegrave- hopes the release will improve relations between Britain and Iraq.

Contributors

William Waldegrave; Nicky Broyd; Azmi Shafiq Al-Salihi; Michelle de Vries

Keywords

UK; British; Nurses; International relations; Zambia; Imprisonment; Spies; Prisoners; Iraq; Kenneth Kaunda; Daphne Parish; Bilateral relations

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