Internment in Northern Ireland

Witness History: Archive 2014 - A podcast by BBC World Service

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In August 1971 the British Army began detaining hundreds of people suspected of belonging to paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland. They were held without charge or trial. We hear from Gerry McKerr, who was detained for more than three years under the internment laws. Photo: Belfast, August 1971 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)