Suspect Community: People's Experience of the Prevention of Terrorism Acts in BritainExamines the powers and effects of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act (PTA) which was introduced in 1974, following the Birmingham pub bombings. Includes factual information about the operation of the Act, plus accounts of personal experiences of the trauma of examination, arrest and detention under this legislation. |
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... woman who was seven months pregnant was travelling from England , where she was living , to Dublin to carry out some research for a biography she had been commissioned to write . She was stopped on the way out and asked a few questions ...
... woman who was seven months pregnant was travelling from England , where she was living , to Dublin to carry out some research for a biography she had been commissioned to write . She was stopped on the way out and asked a few questions ...
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... woman to come as well , and brought me down back to where we came , into this little room . The door was closed and he went off , leaving just this woman there with me and she said she had only been there for three days and she had no ...
... woman to come as well , and brought me down back to where we came , into this little room . The door was closed and he went off , leaving just this woman there with me and she said she had only been there for three days and she had no ...
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... woman , plain clothes . I think we did something like a two hour interview in the morning and a two hour interview in the afternoon on Sunday . When I think about it now I can't possibly imagine what we could have been talking about for ...
... woman , plain clothes . I think we did something like a two hour interview in the morning and a two hour interview in the afternoon on Sunday . When I think about it now I can't possibly imagine what we could have been talking about for ...
Contents
The Study in Context | 1 |
Policing Ports and Airports Examination | 13 |
Examinations and Detentions at Ports | 34 |
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