NCJ Number
130648
Journal
Terrorism Volume: 13 Issue: 3 Dated: (May-June 1990) Pages: 227-236
Date Published
1990
Length
10 pages
Annotation
Great Britain, in response to terrorist acts committed by the Irish Republican Army (IRA), drafted temporary anti-terrorist legislation in 1974, which was reenacted as the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act in 1989. Parliament tried to protect the concept of due process of law by balancing the rights of criminal suspects with the public's right to be protected against extreme violence.
Abstract
The legislation proscribes the IRA and the Irish National Liberation Army and provides sanctions for participation in their activities. Exclusion orders prevent persons associated with terrorist organizations from entering Great Britain or Northern Ireland. The government is authorized to seize the assets and proceeds of terrorism, and new rules on arrest, detention, and search warrants have been implemented. A ban on broadcasting interviews with members of proscribed organizations also covers Sinn Fein, the legal political arm of the IRA, and the Ulster Defense Association. 32 notes (Author abstract modified)