Humphrey Atkins relaxes Maze Prison rules

Title

Humphrey Atkins relaxes Maze Prison rules

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:03:27

Description

Report on the decision of Northern Ireland Secretary, Humphrey Atkins to relax rules relating to Republican prisoners at the Maze Prison in Belfast. Includes interviews with Joe Austin, IRA; The Reverend Ian Paisley, Democratic Unionist leader. Male interviewer is Eamonn Mallie; male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ian Paisley; Joe Austin; Eamonn Mallie

Keywords

Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Political protests; Prisons; IRA; Sinn Fein; Republicanism; Maze Prison; Unionism (Irish politics); Prisoners; Belfast

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