Information on the Prevention of Terrorism Act of 1989 (first enacted 1974). [GBR8502]

As you already have a copy of the Prevention of Terrorism Act and the relevant Amnesty International bulletins, please find attached additional information on this topic.

Attachments

Daily Telegraph. 20 April 1991. "Tough Ulster Bill 'Ignores Human Rights'," P.6. (NEXIS)

. 6 November 1990. "Ulster Security Forces to Have More Powers," P.4. (NEXIS)

. 24 October 1989. "Ulster Detainees," P.2. (NEXIS)

. 29 December 1988. "Ulster Judges Object to Detention Plan." P.2. (NEXIS)

. 21 September 1988. "Anti-Terrorism Act to Curb IRS's Mafia-Style Rackets," P.4. (NEXIS)

Ewing, K.D. and C.A. Gearty. 1990. "Legal Responses to Terrorism", Freedom Under Thatcher: Civil Liberites in Modern Britain. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Financial Times. 30 November 1988. "Government Feels Grip of a New Shackle in Battle Against IRA; Anti-Terrorism Ruling and the Ryan Affair," P.14. (NEXIS)

Independent. 8 November 1990. "The Queen's Speech 1990: Stronger Powers for Forces in Ulster; Northern Ireland Bill," P.8. (NEXIS)

New York Times. 28 April 1990, Late Edition. "Convictions Set Aside for 3 in an Ulster Case," P.3. (NEXIS)

Times. 28 April 1990. "'IRA Three' are Freed by Appeal Court." (NEXIS)

Washington Post. 11 August 1990. "British Courts Under Fire; IRA Convictions Seen as 'Miscarriage of Justice'," P.A5. (NEXIS)