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Category: 04. Events in Lithuania

The Trial of Viktoras Petkus, July 1978 (50.5)

29 March 202123 May 2026

<<No. 50 : November 1978>> From 10 to 13 July the Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR examined the case of Viktoras Petkus. He was charged under four Articles of the Lithuanian SSR Criminal Code: 68, pt 2 (“Anti-Soviet Agitation & Propaganda”), 70 (“Organizational Activities, and taking part in an anti-Soviet organization”), 122, pt 2 … Continue reading The Trial of Viktoras Petkus, July 1978 (50.5)

Events in Lithuania, May 1978 (49.13)

28 March 202113 June 2026

<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> This section is largely based on material from issues 32 (31 March 1978) and 33 (31 May 1978 [1]) of the Chronicle of the Lithuanian Catholic Church (LCC Chronicle). * THREE ENTRIES 1. STRIKE IN KAUNAS At the beginning of December 1977, the workers at the Kaunas rubber-goods factory ‘Inkaras’ … Continue reading Events in Lithuania, May 1978 (49.13)

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ARTICLE 19

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(1948 UN General Assembly)

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