Anniversary of Prevention of Terrorism Act

Title

Anniversary of Prevention of Terrorism Act

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

30 Nov 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:06:10

Description

Tessa Clarke(?) reports on a meeting by the Irish Freedom Movement to protest on the 16th anniversary of the Prevention of Terrorism Act to the lack of justice and fair trials in the UK for Irish suspects. Includes speeches by Paul Hill, one of the Guildford Four who were convicted then freed over the Guildford Pub bombings; Letitia(?) Ellis, whose brother Desi(?) Ellis has been extradited to Britain while on hunger strike; John Fitzpatrick, a London solicitor. Audio level low and unequal.

Contributors

John Fitzpatrick; Paul Hill; Tessa Clarke(?); Letitia(?) Ellis

Keywords

Deportation; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Ireland; UK; Prisoners; Bombs; Justice; Anniversaries; Miscarriages of justice; Guildford Four; Birmingham Six; Irish Freedom Movement; Desi(?) Ellis

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