No 55 : 31 December 1979

THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES

Some of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 55 & 56, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page in square brackets [ ]

(1) TRIALS

(2) ARRESTS, SEARCHES, and INTERROGATIONS  [12]

  • The Case of Tatyana Velikanova
  • The Case of Gleb Yakunin  [13]
  • The Case of the Journal Poiski (Searches)  [14]
    — The Arrest of Valery Abramkin
  • The Case of the Journal Obshchina (Community)  [16]
  • The Arrest of Yaroslav Lesiv
  • The Arrest of Victor Ryzhov-Davydov
  • The Arrest of Rollan Kadiyev  [18]
  • The Arrest of Vitaly Kalinichenko
  • A Search at the Home of Vera Lisovaya
  • The Arrest of Victor Nekipelov
  • The Arrest of Mikhail Solovov
  • A Search at the Home of Mart Niklus
  • The Arrest of Lev Regelson

(3) IN THE PRISONS AND CAMPS  [20]

  • Chistopol Prison
  • The Mordovian Camps
  • The Perm Camps
  • In other prisons and camps
  • In Defence of Political Prisoners  [22]
  • Releases

(4) IN EXILE (Releases)  [23]

(5) After Release [25]

(6) Events in Lithuania

  • – Searches in Vilnius
  • – The Arrest of Sasnauskas

(7) PERSECUTION OF BELIEVERS  [26]

  • ORTHODOX
  • ADVENTISTS
  • BAPTISTS
  • Trials, Arrests, Searches
  • Breaking-up of Prayer-meetings
  • Confiscation of Houses
  • Dismissals from Work
  • School and Religion  [28]
  • The Family and Religion
  • PENTECOSTALISTS
  • The Breaking-up of Weddings
  • School and Religion
  • Fines
  • CATHOLICS IN MOLDAVIA

(8) THE RIGHT TO LEAVE  [30]

  • Jews  [32]
  • Germans
  • Pentecostalists : The Arrest of N. P. Goretoi  [34]
  • The Trial of I. Korchnoi
  • Those who have have left

(9) MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS  [37]

  • Human Rights Day in Moscow, 10 December
  • Beatings-up in the Ukraine  [39]

(10) LETTERS AND STATEMENTS  [41]

(11) Samizdat Update [44]

(12) Corrections and Additions [45]

[13. End notes and Bibliographical note, 131]

TWELFTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION

First publication in English, Amnesty International, November 1980

CCE 55 & 56 : 31 December 1979 & 30 April 1980 (AI pdf)

No 56 : 30 April 1980 …