Spycatcher newspaper ban ruling

Title

Spycatcher newspaper ban ruling

Genre

Interview

TX Date

26 Nov 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:01:35

Description

Nicky Broyd interviews a male newspaper editor (not identified – poss. Peter Preston, editor of The Guardian), about the decision of the European Court of Human Rights that the UK Government broke the convention that safeguards freedom of speech when it banned publication of extracts from Peter Wright’s book, Spycatcher. Three British newspapers were prevente d from publishing extracts from the book – The Sunday Times, The Observer, and The Guardian. Phone interview.

Contributors

Nicky Broyd; Peter Preston?

Keywords

Books; Authors; Human rights; Government; Data protection; Newspapers; UK; Great Britain; Freedom of expression; Freedom of the press; Courts; Europe; The Guardian; Peter Wright; Spycatcher

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