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Vigil against punishment beatings in Northern Ireland

Title
Vigil against punishment beatings in Northern Ireland
Genre
News report; Interview
TX Date
31 Aug 1995
Year of production
1995
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Duration
00:05:00
Description
Jeff Collins reports from the vigil outside Parliament by the cross party New Dialogue peace group, which is campaigning against the punishment beatings and shootings by paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland which continue despite the year-old IRA ceasefire and is calling for graves of terrorist victims to be revealed and a more lasting peace. Includes interviews with Liberal Democrat Northern Ireland spokesman Lord Holme (Richard Holme); Conservative MP and group President Peter Bottomley; Labour MP Harry Barnes; Patrick Maguire, one of the Maguire Seven wrongly imprisoned for running an IRA bomb factory.
Contributors
Peter Bottomley; Richard Holme; Jeff Collins; Harry Barnes; Patrick Maguire
Keywords
Peace; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; Terrorists; Violence; IRA; Weapons; Disarmament; Political pressure groups; Para-military activities; New Dialogue

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