“Yesterday’s terrorists can be tomorrow’s heads of state or allies. The clearest example: the case of Nelson Mandela, whose name wasn’t removed from US terrorist lists until just a few days before his 90th birthday in 2013, shortly before his death.” www.ecchr.eu/en/publicati...
Yes. I also remember the absurd British government censorship of Gerry Adam’s voice, and their draconian measures against broadcasters that were deemed to platform Republican sentiment in NI. Imagine trying to silence Sinn Féin now. History, it seems, is rarely kind to oppressive colonial powers.
The voice-overs were ridiculous and ulitmately all parties had to sit down and construct the GFA www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...