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
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The Stus Trial, September-October 1980 (58.14)
«No 58 : November 1980» SEARCHES & INTERROGATIONS In summer 1980 searches were carried out at the homes of exiles Yevhen Sverstyuk [1] and Oles Serhiyenko [2] in connection with the case of Vasyl Stus (CCE 57.13). Letters were confiscated. * On 26 June 1980, the Investigator in the Stus case, KGB Major A.V. Selyuk, … Continue reading The Stus Trial, September-October 1980 (58.14)
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