Kiev, 27-31 January 1975 The court building was guarded by a detachment of police. Entrance was by special pass only. A group of religious believers were pushed back to the other side of the street. * The defendant was Georgy Petrovich Vins, b. 1928, Secretary of the Council of Churches of Evangelical Christians and Baptists … Continue reading The Trial of Georgy Vins, 27-31 January 1975 (35.3)
Category: Church & religion
The Right to Leave, August 1980 (57.18)
..., Germans, Pentecostalists, Those who have left (Moscow, Leningrad, Voronezh; Yarym-Agayev; Women and Russia). GERMANS For two years Alexander Bous, a resident of Chelyabinsk, has been trying to emigrate with his father, mother and brother. On 1 and 2 April an article entitled “Spiritual emigres” was published in the newspaper Chelyabinsk Worker. The main attack … Continue reading The Right to Leave, August 1980 (57.18)
Persecution of Believers-2, March 1978 (CCE 48.16)
[3] Pentecostalists and [4] Baptists. PENTECOSTALISTS In 1973 Pentecostalist A. V. Chertkova (b. 1927), was sent to a psychiatric hospital. During the course of several years Chertkova had been trying to obtain accommodation in Alma-Ata [Kazakh SSR]. She did not manage to get either a room or a place in a hostel. The town authorities … Continue reading Persecution of Believers-2, March 1978 (CCE 48.16)
Persecution of Believers-1, March 1978 (CCE 48.16)
[1] Catholics in Moldavia; [2] Adventists. CATHOLICS IN MOLDAVIA There are 15,000 Catholics in Moldavia. They are Germans, Poles and Ukrainians. Communities of Catholics exist in Beltsy, Bendery, Tiraspol, Rashkovo, Grigorovka, Andriyashevka and other towns and villages. In the only Catholic chapel open in Moldavia the priest, Vladislav Zavalnyuk, is forbidden to give sermons in … Continue reading Persecution of Believers-1, March 1978 (CCE 48.16)
Moral resistance, then & now (Tuesday 14 May 2019)
Veteran human rights campaigner Lena SANNIKOVA will speak at Pushkin House, London, on Tuesday, 14 May, at 7 pm about political prisoners in Putin's Russia and the Soviet Union and the many other opponents and victims of both regimes Elena Sannikova at the Sakharov Centre (May 2008) ♦ Over the past ten years, the level … Continue reading Moral resistance, then & now (Tuesday 14 May 2019)
Political Prisoners, 1 February 1987 (KGB report)
KGB report to Gorbachev (Bukovsky Archives online). The numbers then serving a sentence under Articles 70, 190-1 and 142 of the RSFSR Criminal Code. One third held in psychiatric institutions; encouraging applications for a pardon from such prisoners; terms of release terms eased [Russian 1 Feb 87, 183-Ch] (9 pp) Excerpts. ================================== [page one of … Continue reading Political Prisoners, 1 February 1987 (KGB report)
No 34 : 31 December 1974
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Only two of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE 34-36, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page (1) The Arrest of Sergei Kovalyov [6] TRIALS (2) The Trial of Mikhail … Continue reading No 34 : 31 December 1974
No 36 : 31 May 1975
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES A few of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE 34-36, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** (1) The Arrest of Andrei Tverdokhlebov [91] (2) 18th April 1975 [searches … Continue reading No 36 : 31 May 1975
No 37 : 30 September 1975
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Few of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 37-39, see below) are given next to the other items in this Contents page *** (1) Mustafa Dzhemilev has not been freed (2) The Trial of … Continue reading No 37 : 30 September 1975
No 38 : 31 December 1975
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Few of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 37-39, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** (1) Sakharov's friends and enemies (2) Before the trials of Kovalyov and … Continue reading No 38 : 31 December 1975
No 39 : 12 March 1976
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE USSR CONTINUES Two of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 37-39, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** (1) Obituary — Grigory Podyapolsky [94] (2) IN THE CAMPS AND PRISONS Political … Continue reading No 39 : 12 March 1976
No 41 : 3 August 1976
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Only one of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 40-42, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** (1) Suspension of the Case Against Mikhail Naritsa [69] (2) RELIGION IN … Continue reading No 41 : 3 August 1976
No 42 : 8 October 1976
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Few of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 40-42, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page [*] 1. Sent to Hospital for his Songs [Pyotr Starchik] [110] 2. The Case … Continue reading No 42 : 8 October 1976
No 44 : 16 March 1977
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Few of the reports in this issue have yet been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 43-45, see below) are given next to the other items in this Contents page *** (1) A Chronological Summary (2) REPRISALS AGAINST THE HELSINKI GROUPS [55] … Continue reading No 44 : 16 March 1977
No 46 : 15 August 1977
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES None of the reports in this issue have yet been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE 46, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** TRIALS 1. The Trial of Malva Landa [9] 2. The Trial of Iosif … Continue reading No 46 : 15 August 1977
No 47 : 30 November 1977
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES One of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE 47, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page in square brackets [ ] (1) The Trial of Felix Serebrov [8] (2) The Trial … Continue reading No 47 : 30 November 1977
