[DOC] [TLE] 198894 British broadcasting voice restrictions - Wikipedia [PAR] From October 1988 to September 1994 the voices of representatives from Sinn 
Fin and several Irish republican and loyalist groups were banned by the British 
government from being broadcast ... In response the Prime Minister, Margaret 
Thatcher, told the House of Commons ..... "Thatcher wins backing for IRA-TV ban"
. [DOC] [TLE] BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | The 'broadcast ban' on Sinn Fein [PAR] Apr 5, 2005 ... The BBC looks back to the broadcast ban on Sinn Fein introduced in 1988 by the 
Conservative Government. ... The ban affected 11 loyalist and republican 
organisations but Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA, was the... [DOC] [TLE] Closing Down the Airwaves: the Story of the Broadcasting Ban - CAIN [PAR] The last IRA interviews carried by the BBC and ITV were in 1974. ... Since the 
ban the UDA, via its political wing, the Ulster Loyalist Democratic Party, has .... 
The attack on the media launched by the Thatcher government was not just 
inspired by ..... itself gave the government the opportunity to impose the 
broadcasting ban. [DOC] [TLE] Government Bans Broadcast Interviews With IRA Members, Militant ... [PAR] Oct 19, 1988 ... LONDON (AP) _ The government today banned broadcast interviews with 
members of the outlawed Irish Republican Army, its legal political wing, Sinn Fein
, ... Minister Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party said the ban would be ''a ... 
The ban, imposed under existing broadcasting laws, closely follows a... [DOC] [TLE] Beating the BBC Ban - NYTimes.com [PAR] Oct 4, 1991 ... 13) about Thatcher Government censorship rules imposed on British ... Volunteer 
Force) or their acolytes (Sinn Fein is the political wing of the I.R.A.). ... British 
broadcast journalists have countered by running the interview... [DOC] [TLE] On British Tv, Ira Is Speechless - tribunedigital-chicagotribune [PAR] Dec 25, 1993 ... Adams is the leader of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the outlawed Irish 
Republican ... Leaders' Voices Not Allowed In Broadcasts ... that the major effect 
of the ban is to make the government look foolish. ... Later news reports said 
Margaret Thatcher, prime minister at the time, had imposed the restriction... [DOC] [TLE] Sinn Fein broadcast ban to be maintained: Right wing urges tougher ... [PAR] Feb 5, 1994 ... THE GOVERNMENT announced last night it will maintain the broadcasting ban 
on Sinn Fein and the IRA in Britain, in spite of the ... Sinn Fein broadcast ban to 
be maintained: Right wing urges tougher line on IRA ... With Baroness Thatcher 
due to give her response to Mr Adams's charm offensive on US... [DOC] [TLE] Britain's Media Ban on Terrorist Groups Remains Controversial ... [PAR] Nov 18, 1990 ... Britain's Media Ban on Terrorist Groups Remains Controversial ... are silenced in 
history program broadcast to schoolchildren in Northern Ireland. ... the IRA's 
political arm, fell from 93 in the year before the ban to just 34 in the 12 ... the 
government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the media over... [DOC] [TLE] BRITISH MEDIA BAN ON TERRORISTS STILL CONTROVERSIAL ... [PAR] Oct 21, 1990 ... The comments of other politicians such as Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, ... 
altogether because of the ban, which critics compare to broadcast restrictions in 
... editors," said Tony Benn, a left-wing Labor Party member of Parliament. ... the 
government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the media over... [DOC] [TLE] Protest Voices Are Silenced Across Britain - philly-archives [PAR] Nov 6, 1988 ... But the British government has banned Mother Ireland from television under ... 
members or sympathizers of the Irish Republican Army, its political wing Sinn ... 
island because the Irish Republic has imposed a similar ban for years. ... the 
Conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Oct. [DOC] [TLE] Censorship, Information Management and the Broadcasting Ban [PAR] Direct censorship: the broadcasting ban On 19 October 1988 Douglas Hurd ... '
last straw' for Margaret Thatcher (The Times, 22 October 1988) was the IRA 
bombing of a ... However, the government argument was that although the

Question: The Thatcher government imposed a broadcast ban on this political wing of the IRA
Answer: Sinn Fein