William Waldegrave on the crisis in Romania

Title

William Waldegrave on the crisis in Romania

Genre

Interview

TX Date

19 Dec 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:37

Description

Foreign Office Minister, William Waldegrave accuses the Romanian authorities of covering up the number of deaths of demonstrators in the country. He discusses the British response to this, what Europe is going to do, what he feels about this human rights violation and how he hopes that the rest of western Europe will condemn Romania’s action. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

William Waldegrave

Keywords

Deaths; Human rights violations; International relations; Demonstrations; Oppression; Europe; Dictatorship; Romania

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