«No 15 : 31 August 1970» The trial of Olga Joffe [Iofe] took place on 20 August 1970 in the Moscow City Court. She was charged under Article 70 (RSFSR Criminal Code) with: (a) taking an active part in the preparation of 245 leaflets of anti-Soviet content (see CCE 11.7), and (b) with the possession … Continue reading The Trial of Olga Joffe, August 1970 (15.2)
Category: 01. Abuse of psychiatry
includes “in pyschiatric hospitals”, trials and “persecution of Working Commission”
Medvedev in Psychiatric Hospital, June 1970 (14.3)
<<No 14 : 30 June 1970>> On the evening of 29 May 1970, Zhores Medvedev was taken from his flat in Obninsk (Kaluga Region), to the Kaluga City Psychiatric Hospital for "diagnosis" and "observation”. (In this account of events his brother Roy's detailed notes have been used.) * Led by a police major, Lifshits, head … Continue reading Medvedev in Psychiatric Hospital, June 1970 (14.3)
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