Margaret Thatcher on IRA

Title

Margaret Thatcher on IRA

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

5 Aug 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:02

Description

Press conference in Brisbane, Australia featuring UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Gives views on an upsurge in IRA terror attacks. Responds to a Amnesty International report on abuse of human rights by the UK Government in Northern Ireland. She is also asked about the British Government’s attititude to South Africa. See Further information for transcript.

Further information

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=107315

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher

Keywords

Australia; Human rights; Amnesty International; Reports; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; South Africa; UK; Apartheid; IRA; Political systems; Brisbane

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