<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> [1] JUOZAS ZDEBSKIS The trial of the priest Juozas Zdebskis [1], arrested on 26 August in Prienai, took place on 11 November 1971 in the people’s court of the Kaunas district. Zdebskis had been brutally beaten while in police custody. Until the trial he was held in Lukiski Prison … Continue reading Believers Persecuted in Lithuania, Jan 1972 (23.8)
Category: 04. Events in Lithuania
The Trial of Simas Kudirka, May 1971 (20.6)
<<No 20 : 2 July 1971>> In November 1970, Simas Kudirka (b. 1929), radio operator of a Lithuanian fishing-boat, attempted to remain on board an American cutter in US territorial waters (CCE 18.10 [16]). The captain of the cutter handed him over to the Soviet sailors [1]. Kudirka was arrested, an investigation was carried out … Continue reading The Trial of Simas Kudirka, May 1971 (20.6)
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