<<No 58 : November 1980>> The case of Father Gleb Pavlovich YAKUNIN, a member of the Christian Committee to Defend Believers Rights in the USSR, was heard from 25 to 28 August at the Moscow City Court. Yakunin (b. 1934) was arrested on 1 November 1979 (CCE 54.1-2) and charged under Article 70 (RSFSR Criminal … Continue reading The Trial of Gleb Yakunin, August 1980 (58.3)
Category: 13. Persecution of believers
Religious Persecution, October 1970 (16.6)
<<No 16 : 31 October 1970>> CATHOLICS and BAPTISTS. [1] CATHOLICS At the end of October 1970, the Catholic church was closed in the village of Zarechanka (formerly Balya-Kostyolnaya) in the Grodno Region of Belorussia. The village forms part of the Suvorov collective farm (kolkhoz). The church was closed on the instructions of the local … Continue reading Religious Persecution, October 1970 (16.6)
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