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|region=Europe
|region=Europe
|artist=Crispin Aubrey, John Berry, Duncan Campbell
|artist=Crispin Aubrey, John Berry, Duncan Campbell
|subject=Copyright, Government Secrecy, Political/Economic/Social Opinion
|subject=Copyright, Political/Economic/Social Opinion
|confronting_bodies=British Government
|confronting_bodies=British Government
|medium=Film Video, Journalism
|medium=Film Video
|date_of_action=February 1977 - April 1987
|date_of_action=February 1977 - April 1987
|location=Great Britain
|location=Great Britain
|description_of_content=John Berry, former lance-corporal in the British Army, was outraged by the government's decision to deport two Americans, ex- CIA agent Philip Agee and journalist Mark Hosenball. Berry wrote a letter to their defense committee offering to help the case.
|description_of_content=John Berry, former lance-corporal in the British Army, was outraged by the government's decision to deport two Americans, ex- CIA agent Philip Agee and journalist Mark Hosenball. Berry wrote a letter to their defense committee offering to help the case.
|description_of_incident=Berry's letter had been opened and his apartment bugged by the government. Journalists Crispin Aubrey and Duncan Campbell had a meeting with him and all three were arrested due to the Official Secrets Act.  
|description_of_incident=Berry's letter had been opened and his apartment bugged by the government. Journalists Crispin Aubrey and Duncan Campbell had a meeting with him and all three were arrested due to the Official Secrets Act.
|description_of_result=Ten years later, Campbell made a film series, ''Secret Society,'' which he was not allowed to screen until April 1987 because it revealed some government secrets.
|description_of_result=Ten years later, Campbell made a film series, ''Secret Society,'' which he was not allowed to screen until April 1987 because it revealed some government secrets.
|source=Green, Jonathon. The Encyclopedia of Censorship. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1990. Print.
|source=https://www.scribd.com/doc/31050119/Encyclopedia-of-Censorship
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(Green, Jonathon The Encyclopedia of Censorship. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1990. Print)

Latest revision as of 19:38, 15 November 2016


Artist: Crispin Aubrey, John Berry, Duncan Campbell

Year: 1978

Date of Action: February 1977 - April 1987

Region: Europe

Location: Great Britain

Subject: Copyright, Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Film Video

Confronting Bodies: British Government

Description of Artwork: John Berry, former lance-corporal in the British Army, was outraged by the government's decision to deport two Americans, ex- CIA agent Philip Agee and journalist Mark Hosenball. Berry wrote a letter to their defense committee offering to help the case.

The Incident: Berry's letter had been opened and his apartment bugged by the government. Journalists Crispin Aubrey and Duncan Campbell had a meeting with him and all three were arrested due to the Official Secrets Act.

Results of Incident: Ten years later, Campbell made a film series, Secret Society, which he was not allowed to screen until April 1987 because it revealed some government secrets.

Source:
https://www.scribd.com/doc/31050119/Encyclopedia-of-Censorship



(Green, Jonathon The Encyclopedia of Censorship. New York, NY: Facts on File, 1990. Print)