«No 58 : November 1980» A second examination held at the Serbsky Institute and headed by the Institute’s Director G.V. Morozov concluded that Victor Goncharov was fit to stand trial (CCE 56.15). On 3-4 October a Kirovograd Court (central Ukraine) heard the case of Victor Mikhailovich GONCHAROV (b. 1955), who was charged under Article 187-1 … Continue reading Goncharov Trial, Oct ’80 (58.15)
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Death of a Dissenter
The mid-1980s were marked by the deaths of several dissenters as a result of the treatment meted out in the Soviet penal service's maximum-security facilities: -- Valery MARCHENKO in 1984 (Haass Hospital, Leningrad); -- Vasyl STUS in 1985 (Perm 36); -- Anatoly MARCHENKO in 1986 (Chistopol Prison). In all three cases it is clear there … Continue reading Death of a Dissenter