Decision makers

Title

Decision makers

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

14 Aug 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:24:19

Description

Decision Makers looks at human rights, violations and our views in the West which some see as hypocritical, looking particularly at Iran, Rhodesia, El Salvador, Communist countries, South Africa, Argentina. And on protecting human rights through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights and the UN Human Rights Commission. Carol Kinchel(?) political dissident tells of his experience following Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia including losing his job and having to emigrate to the UK. Further views and contributions from director of Amnesty International’s British section, Janice Johnston; former Foreign Office minister Lord Chalfont (Alun Gwynne Jones); Roman Catholic priest and former missionary Cosmas Desmond; Foreign Officer minister, Ray Whitney; Sylvia Beals(?) who works on behalf of British churches in Central America; international lawyer Paul Seacart(?); Leah Leven(?) human rights worker. Presented by Terry Dignan, produced by Heather Branwell. In 2 parts.

Contributors

Heather Branwell; Terry Dignan; Carol Kinchel(?); Janice Johnston; Leah Leven(?); Paul Seacart(?); Ray Whitney; Alun Gwynne Jones; Cosmas Desmond; Sylvia Beals(?)

Keywords

USA; Iran; Human rights; Amnesty International; South Africa; Ayatollah Khomeini; Great Britain; Apartheid; USSR; El Salvador; Political systems; UN; Economic sanctions; Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Discrimination; Courts; Mohammed Reza Pahlavi; Communism; Civil and political rights; Torture; Argentina; Ronald Reagan; Strasbourg; Czechoslovakia; Law reform; Political dissidents; Human rights violation; SAVAK; Central America; Marianela Garcia Villas; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; European Court of Human Rights

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