Civil liberties and the Korean war
Civil liberties and the Korean war
This article addresses the unsuccessful attempts to suppress free speech during the Korean War, and in particular explains the attempts to silence three reporters of alleged atrocities by United Nations forces. In the absence of carefully targeted legislation, the three individuals - Alan Winnington (a journalist), Monica Felton (a women’s movement activist) and Jack Gaster (a solicitor) - were threatened with or investigated for prosecution for treason or sedition, and Winnington was unable to renew his passport until 1968. Drawing heavily on archival sources (including MI5 files, which unusually fail to redact the identity of one of the lawyers who was reporting to Special Branch about Gaster’s activities), the article explores the threat to civil liberties from the administrative as well as the legislative and the judicial power of the state. The article concludes by drawing contemporary parallels, and highlighting the continuing relevance of the writings of Winnington, Felton and Gaster.
Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Korean War, MI5, Passports, Security Service
395-421
Ewing, K.D.
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Mahoney, Joan
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Moretta, Andrew
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May 2018
Ewing, K.D.
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Mahoney, Joan
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Moretta, Andrew
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Ewing, K.D., Mahoney, Joan and Moretta, Andrew
(2018)
Civil liberties and the Korean war.
Modern Law Review, 81 (3), .
(doi:10.1111/1468-2230.12339).
Abstract
This article addresses the unsuccessful attempts to suppress free speech during the Korean War, and in particular explains the attempts to silence three reporters of alleged atrocities by United Nations forces. In the absence of carefully targeted legislation, the three individuals - Alan Winnington (a journalist), Monica Felton (a women’s movement activist) and Jack Gaster (a solicitor) - were threatened with or investigated for prosecution for treason or sedition, and Winnington was unable to renew his passport until 1968. Drawing heavily on archival sources (including MI5 files, which unusually fail to redact the identity of one of the lawyers who was reporting to Special Branch about Gaster’s activities), the article explores the threat to civil liberties from the administrative as well as the legislative and the judicial power of the state. The article concludes by drawing contemporary parallels, and highlighting the continuing relevance of the writings of Winnington, Felton and Gaster.
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Accepted/In Press date: 31 December 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 1 May 2018
Published date: May 2018
Keywords:
Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Korean War, MI5, Passports, Security Service
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Local EPrints ID: 422773
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/422773
ISSN: 0026-7961
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