<<No 28 : 31 December 1972>> TEN ITEMS [1] Victor Fainberg, who is confined in the Leningrad Special Psychiatric Hospital, ended his hunger strike (CCE 27.6) on 15 October. Fainberg declared a hunger strike on 28 September, protesting against the transfer of "politicals" from his hospital on Arsenalnaya Street to the special hospitals in Oryol … Continue reading News in brief, December 1972 (28.10)
Category: 11. News in brief
News in brief, April 1969 (7.13)
«Issue 7 : 30 April 1969» EIGHTEEN ITEMS [1] On 15 April in Riga a student, Ilya Rips, tried to immolate himself. Under the Freedom Obelisk, set up when Latvia was independent, he unfurled a banner with the words FREEDOM FOR CZECHOSLOVAKIA. A hostile crowd gathered around him. The youth threw off his overcoat, under … Continue reading News in brief, April 1969 (7.13)
A Chronicle of Current Events 