<< No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> The authorities began their attack on the Helsinki Groups at the end of December 1976 with searches at the homes of a member of the Moscow group (Vladimir Slepak), and of members of the Ukrainian group (CCE 43.6): Mykola Rudenko (CCE 44.4), Oles Berdnik, Ivan Kandyba, Lev … Continue reading Reprisals against the Helsinki Groups (44.2-1)
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The Trial of Josif Begun, June 1978 (50.8-5)
<<No. 50 : November 1978>> Cand.Sc. (Technical Sciences) Josif Ziselevich BEGUN (b. 1933) has been a refusenik since 1971. He is an activist of the Jewish emigration movement [1]. In 1977 Begun was sentenced to two years’ exile under Article 209, pt. 1 (RSFSR Criminal Code: “leading a parasitic way of life for a prolonged … Continue reading The Trial of Josif Begun, June 1978 (50.8-5)
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