<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> On 6 April the Podolsk district people’s court (Kiev) sentenced Ukrainian Helsinki Group member, Pyotr Vins (b. 1956), to one year in an ordinary-regime camp under Article 214 (UkSSR Criminal Code: "leading a parasitic way of life during a long period of time") . * Pyotr’s grandfather, Baptist preacher P. … Continue reading P. Vins Trial, Apr ’78 (49.4)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> From 22 to 27 March 1978, the Kiev Regional Assizes Court in Vasilkov (Kiev Region) examined the case of Ukrainian Helsinki Group members Miroslav Marinovich and Nikolai Matusevich. Both were charged under Article 62, pt. 1 (UkSSR Criminal Code = Article 70, RSFSR Code); Matusevich was additionally charged under Article … Continue reading Marinovich-Matusevich trial, Mar ’78 (49.3)
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