«No 7 : 30 April 1969» Uniate Believers again Persecuted. In spite of the [1936] USSR Constitution, which guarantees freedom of conscience, the Greek-Catholic or Uniate Church was forcibly liquidated in 1944 by organs of the MGB (KGB predecessor) in Western Ukraine. Priests who did not adopt the Orthodox faith were sent to camps after … Continue reading Uniate Believers, Apr ’69 (7.5)
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Miscellaneous Reports, Dec ’79 (55.9)
<<No 55 : 31 December 1979>> FIFTEEN ITEMS [1] On 18 October the RSFSR Supreme Court examined the appeals of Eduard Kuleshov and his lawyer (CCE 53.10). It ruled that the judgment of the Rostov Regional Court was based on insufficient evidence (the testimony of the single prosecution witness Kurbatsky was contradictory), cancelled the sentence … Continue reading Miscellaneous Reports, Dec ’79 (55.9)