<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> This section is largely based on material from the Chronicle of the Lithuanian Catholic Church, (issue 35, 16 November 1978) and Aušra (issue 12, August 1978). * According to Aušra, a “League for the Freedom of Lithuania” was founded in June 1978. A declaration on the League’s foundation states … Continue reading Events in Lithuania, December 1978 (51.14)
Category: Church & religion
The Trial of Bedarev and Raksha, 3-7 July 1978 (51.6)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> From 3 to 7 July Tashkent City Court, presided over by I. M. Yusupov, examined the case of Viktor Gennadievich BEDAREV (b. 1949) and Pyotr Vasilyevich RAKSHA (b. 1947). They were charged under Article 192-1, pt. 2, of the Uzbek Criminal Code (“resistance to a police officer or a … Continue reading The Trial of Bedarev and Raksha, 3-7 July 1978 (51.6)
Materials from the Soviet press, 1972 (27.10)
On 26 July 1972, the paper Evening Tbilisi [Vecherny Tbilisi] published an interview with the Rector of the Pushkin Pedagogical institute in Tbilisi, Natela Vasadze. it included, amongst other things, the following exchange: Correspondent -- At a recent Plenum of the City Council one of your teachers was criticised for performing religious ceremonies in a … Continue reading Materials from the Soviet press, 1972 (27.10)
Outside the Moscow Synagogue, 29 March 1972 (25.8)
<<No 25 : 20 May 1972>> On 29 March 1972 Jews who had gathered outside the Moscow synagogue were dispersed by police and “people’s vigilantes” [druzhinniki]. That evening, the eve of Passover, there were several bus- and carloads of policemen in the vicinity of the synagogue building. For half a day a fence was erected … Continue reading Outside the Moscow Synagogue, 29 March 1972 (25.8)
The Persecution of Believers in Lithuania (25.7)
<<No 25 : 20 May 1972>> Amongst cases of the infringement of believers' rights mentioned in “the Memorandum of the Catholics of Lithuania” [note 1] (see CCE 24.6) is the dismissal of O. Briliene, a schoolmistress and believer, by the Vilkaviskis district department of public education. In October 1969, the headmaster of a high school … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers in Lithuania (25.7)
The Trial of Dandaron, December 1972 (28.6)
«No 28 : 31 December 1972» In proceedings which lasted from 18 to 25 December 1972, B.D. Dandaron, a research officer of the Buryat Institute of Social Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Siberian Section), was tried in the people’s court of the October district of the city of Ulan-Ude. Bidia Dandaron, 1914-1974 Dandaron … Continue reading The Trial of Dandaron, December 1972 (28.6)
Searches, Interrogations, Arrests, 1972 (27.2)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> (1) On 28 September 1972, a search was carried out at the flat of Yu.A. Shikhanovich [see CCE 24.10 and CCE 25]. Before it had been completed Shikhanovich was presented with a warrant for his arrest. He was driven away, and the search concluded without him, in the presence … Continue reading Searches, Interrogations, Arrests, 1972 (27.2)
The Trial of Pailodze, October 1978 (51.2)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 6 October Tbilisi City Court, presided over by Gulisashvili, completed its examination of the case of Valentina Pailodze and Nunu Dzhabnidze, charged under Article 206-1 of the Georgian Criminal Code (= Article 190-1 of the Russian Code), Article 233, pt. 2 (“violation of the person and rights of … Continue reading The Trial of Pailodze, October 1978 (51.2)
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