No 26 : 5 July 1972

THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES

The reports in this issue may also be found in the pdf version, CCE 25 & 26 (AI pdf). Page numbers are given next to the items in this Contents page,

1. The Arrest of Pyotr Yakir [32]

2. Political trials [33]

3. Searches, interrogations, arrests [34]

4. Pre-trial investigations [35]

5. Political prisoners in psychiatric hospitals [36]

6. Expulsion of a correspondent [David Bonavia, 38]

7. “In honour of Nixon” [39]

8. Shevchenko Day in the Ukraine [40]

9. The press conference of Yaroslav Dobosch [41]

10. New functions for the [security] services [42]

11. Events in Lithuania [43]

12. Materials from the newspapers [45]

13. Extra-judicial persecution

14. News in brief [47]

15. Letters and documents [50]

16. Samizdat update [51]

17. The “Memorandum” of A. D. Sakharov [52]

18. Corrections to previous issues [55]

[Commentary 26]

FIFTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION

First publication in English, Amnesty International, October 1972 —

CCE 25 & 26 : 20 May and 5 July 1972 (AI pdf)

No 27 : 15 October 1972 …