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Peter Sharrock reports on hijacked Lufthansa flight from Palma de Mallorca at Mogadishu and body of the pilot, Jurgen Schuman being identified. Hijackers are demanding release of political prisoners.
Speech by UK Foreign Secretary David Owen on the British government’s co-operation with West Germany over the hijack of a Lufthansa plane from Palma de Mallorca with hijackers demanding release of...
David Simpson of Amnesty International discusses the organisation’s annual report and its take on the worldwide human rights situation. Male interviewer not identified.
David Simpson of Amnesty International is interviewed after the organisation was awarded the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize. He describes the role and main aims of Amnesty. Male interviewer not identified.
The KGB have kidnapped Briton Andrei Klymchuk, accused of helping Ukrainian organisations in the USSR. Here his father Michael Klymchuk reacts to the news that his son is to be released. He believes his son...
Larry Pintak reports on latest situation in South Africa after Donald Woods’ flight from the country. Includes speech by Woods saying if journalists and political campaigners are not released from South...
Donald Woods tells a press conference his reasons for leaving South Africa: his inability to oppose the government as a journalist, his friends’ detention, and the political state of the country. He plans...
Unidentified Amnesty International spokesman on the possible release of prisoners of conscience in Chile. Over 1500 individuals are currently unaccounted for. Male interviewer not identified.
Interview on the trial of dissident Dr Yuri Orlov in Moscow and nature of Soviet regime and dissident movement. Interviewer and interviewee not identified.
Peter Allen interviews John Macdonald, his barrister who was banned from his trial, on the decision of a Russian court to sentence dissident Dr Yuri Orlov to seven years hard labour; unfairness of trial...
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