Crimean Tatars targeted in Military Court ruling. A Russian court has sentenced three Crimean Tatars, including a father and son, to horrific terms of imprisonment without any crime, on the basis of discussions about their Muslim faith and political subjects, including Russia’s persecution of Muslims. This was claimed to have been “anti-Russian” and "anti-constitutional". … Continue reading 18, 17 and 13 years for discussing faith and Russian persecution, 12 January 2021
Category: Church & religion
“Pentecostals” or Christians of the Evangelical Faith (41.5)
KALUGA REGION. After I.P. Fedotov, the leader of the local congregation, was arrested and charged (CCE 36.8) persecution has not ceased of the Pentecostals who split away from the registered Baptist congregation. In the autumn of 1975 administrative commissions in Obninsk and Maloyaroslavets fined 14 believers 50 roubles each for holding an unregistered assembly in … Continue reading “Pentecostals” or Christians of the Evangelical Faith (41.5)
A New Way of Fighting Religion, June-July 1976 (41.4)
[Alexander ARGENTOV] On 14 July 1976 Alexander Alexandrovich ARGENTOV (b. 1951) was summoned to the military registration and enlistment office of Moscow's Tushino district. He was sent for immediate examination to a psychiatric clinic. Argentov had never been registered as a psychiatric patient before. On his arrival at the clinic Dr Alexander Ivanovich Mazikov told … Continue reading A New Way of Fighting Religion, June-July 1976 (41.4)
A Letter by Regelson and Yakunin, March 1976 (41.3)
In CCE 40.16 (“Letters and Statements”) there was a short summary of a letter from Lev REGELSON and the Orthodox priest Gleb YAKUNIN, sent in March 1976 to Philip Potter, Secretary-General of the World Council of Churches (WCC ). The Chronicle considers it necessary to give a more detailed account of this letter. The authors … Continue reading A Letter by Regelson and Yakunin, March 1976 (41.3)
Religion in the USSR: A Lecture by Furov, May 1976 (41.2)
At the end of May 1976, staff working on the Large Soviet Encyclopaedia heard a lecture on the situation of religion in the Soviet Union by a visiting speaker, [Vasily] Furov, deputy-chairman of the Council for Religious Affairs (USSR Council of Ministers). In general, religious life in the USSR was in decline, the speaker said, … Continue reading Religion in the USSR: A Lecture by Furov, May 1976 (41.2)
The Trial of Alexander Ogorodnikov, 3-7 September 1980 (58.6)
<<No 58 : November 1980>> From 3 to 7 September 1980 the Kalinin Regional Court heard the case of Alexander Ioilevich OGORODNIKOV (b. 1950), who was charged under article 70 of the RSFSR Criminal Code. Ogorodnikov was arrested on 20 November 1978 (CCE 51) and sentenced to one year in ordinary-regime camps for ‘parasitism’ (CCE … Continue reading The Trial of Alexander Ogorodnikov, 3-7 September 1980 (58.6)
The Death of Vladimir Shelkov (1896-1980)
On 27 January 1980, Vladimir Andreyevich SHELKOV (CCE 55), Chairman of the All-Union Church of True and Free Seventh-Day Adventists, died at the age of 84 in a strict-regime camp in Yakutia [Soviet Far East] where he was serving a sentence. Shelkov was the third person to be appointed chairman of the Church (in 1949); … Continue reading The Death of Vladimir Shelkov (1896-1980)
The Trial of Georgy Vins, 27-31 January 1975 (35.3)
KIEV 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. Georgy Vins, 1928-1998 The defendant was Georgy Petrovich VINS (b. 1928), Secretary of the Council of Churches of Evangelical Christians and Baptists (CCECB). … Continue reading The Trial of Georgy Vins, 27-31 January 1975 (35.3)
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