No 60 : 31 December 1980

THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES

Several reports digitised. Page-spread numbers for pdf version (CCE Nos 59-61) in [square] brackets to right of many items in the Contents page.

CCE 60 PDF [8-67]

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1. STATEMENT

Chronicle 59 (confiscated by KGB); turnover among Chronicle editors

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2. The Trial of Alexander LAVUT  [9]

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3. The Trial of Vazif MEILANOV (Makhachkala) [16]

4. PERSECUTION OF THE WORKING COMMISSION
on the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes

  • Arrest of Irina Grivnina; Trial of Leonard Ternovsky

5. Case No. 50611-14/79: the journal “POISKI” (Searches)

6. Concerning the ‘Belletrist’ Club

7. The Hunt for the Novel Enych  [23]

  • A Search at the Home of Kirill Popov

8. PERSECUTION OF THE DISABLED RIGHTS GROUP

9. ARRESTS  [24]

10. SEARCHES  [28]

  • The Case of Tatyana Osipova

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11. PERSECUTION OF THE CRIMEAN TATARS

12. EVENTS IN UKRAINE  [33-39]

  • TRIALS : Miron Sas-Zhurakovsky; Nikolai Krainik; Dmitry Mazur; Stepan Khmara, Vitaly Shevchenko and Alexander Shevchenko
  • ARRESTS : Olga Meshko; Vladimir Sichko; Anatoly Zinchenko and Genrikh Altunyan; Miscellaneous

13. EVENTS IN ESTONIA

14. EVENTS IN LITHUANIA  [39-43]

  • TRIALS : Janulis and Buzas; Navickaite and Vitkauskaite; Abrutis; Skuodis; Jesmantas and Peceliunas; Stanelyte; and Miscellaneous

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15. PERSECUTION OF BELIEVERS  [43]

  • CATHOLICS IN LITHUANIA : Documents of the Catholic Committee to Defend Believers’ Rights; ADVENTISTS, Trial of Zvyagin; BAPTISTS: Trial of V. Rytikov & Vilchinskaya; Arrest of Rumachik; ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS

16. THE RIGHT TO LEAVE  [46]

  • 10th Anniversary of the Sentencing of the “Aeroplane People”
  • Moscow, Kiev, Lvov, Armenia;
  • Those who have left

17. IN THE PRISONS AND CAMPS  [49]

  • Chistopol Prison; Mordovia; Perm; Other Prisons and Camps;
  • Letters and Statements by Political Prisoners; In Defence of Political Prisoners; Releases

18. IN EXILE  [52]

  • Releases

19. IN THE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS  [53]

  • Releases

20. AFTER RELEASE  [53]

21. EXTRAJUDICIAL PERSECUTION

22. MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS  [54]

  • Human Rights Day in Moscow (10 December 1980); Breaking-up unofficial seminars

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23. LETTERS AND STATEMENTS  [57]

24. SAMIZDAT UPDATE  [65]

25. CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS [66]

  • Cases: Mikhail Gorbal; Vyacheslav Chornovil

[26. CCEs 60 & 61 End notes, bibliographical note and name index, 122-129]

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THIRTEENTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION

“in August 1981, soon after CCE 60, the 61st issue of the Chronicle appeared in Moscow. Dated 16 March 1981, it contains 89 pages.” (Vesti, 15 September 1981, 17-18.)

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First publication in English 1982, Amnesty International (preface January 1982)

CCE 59-61 : 15 November, 31 December 1980 and 16 March 1981 (AI pdf)

No 61 : 16 March 1981 …

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