<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> On 10 December, the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights, 27 Jews were apprehended outside the premises of the UN Information Centre in Moscow, where they had intended to hand in a protest at being refused permission to emigrate. They were held for several hours … Continue reading Jewish Movement to leave for Israel, 1972 (23.6)
Category: CCE contents (1972-1982)
Anniversary of “Hijackers” Trial, 24 Dec 1971 (23.5)
<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> On 24 December, the anniversary of the sentence in the Leningrad “aeroplane” case (CCE 17.6), 29 prisoners from this and subsequent Jewish trials carried out a three-day protest hunger-strike [1]. The only non-participants in this were Mark Dymshits, Gilel Butman and Mikhail Korenblit, who were at that time in … Continue reading Anniversary of “Hijackers” Trial, 24 Dec 1971 (23.5)