«No 7 : 30 April 1969» In spite of the USSR Constitution, which guarantees freedom of conscience, the Greek-Catholic or UniateChurch was forcibly liquidated in 1944 by organs of the MGB (KGB predecessor) in Western Ukraine. Priests who did not adopt the Orthodox faith were sent to camps after false charges had been fabricated. The … Continue reading Uniate believers again persecuted, April 1969 (7.5)
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The trial of Gomer Bayev, April 1969 (7.1)
«No 7 : 30 April 1969» On 23-24 and 28-29 April the trial was held in Simferopol of Crimean Tartar Gomer Bayev. An engineer, Bayev was accused of distributing “deliberate fabrications defaming the Soviet State and social order” (Article 187-1, UkSSR Criminal Code = Article 190-1, RSFSR Code). * The evidence for the prosecution was: … Continue reading The trial of Gomer Bayev, April 1969 (7.1)