<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Orthodox Christians; Pentecostals; Baptists; Jehovah's Witnesses; Adventists * ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS On 2 July the Deputy Head of the Smolensk KGB ‘chatted’ for an hour and a half with T.N. Shchipkova (CCE 49) about the journal Community [Obshchina] (CCE 49 and “Samizdat Update” in this issue, CCE 51.21), Shchipkova refused … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers, Dec. 1978 (51.15)
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In the Prisons and Camps, December 1978 (51.9)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Directive No. 37 New Rules concerning internal order (mentioned in CCE 48.10), were brought into effect on 15 March 1978 by Decree No. 37 of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, issued in December 1977. The Decree carries the stamp of the USSR Procurator-General. Like the former rules, introduced … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, December 1978 (51.9)
In the Psychiatric Hospitals, October 1972 (27.6)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> In accordance with instructions from Moscow, political prisoners in the Leningrad Special Psychiatric Hospital [SPH] are being transferred to other establishments of the same type in towns where they have no relatives, thus restricting the opportunities for meetings and handing in parcels. * Those transferred to the Dnepropetrovsk SPH … Continue reading In the Psychiatric Hospitals, October 1972 (27.6)
In the Prisons and Camps, 1982 (64.13-1)
<< No 64 : 30 June 1982 >> The Trial of Vasily Sichko On 4 January 1982, the people's court of Pridneprovsk district in the town of Cherkassy, with A.L. Kulchitsky presiding, heard the case of Vasily Petrovich SICHKO (b. 1956), charged under Article 229-6 pt. 1 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code (“Possessing Drugs for … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, 1982 (64.13-1)
The Trial of Bolonkin, August 1978 (51.7)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 20 April, 26 days before the completion of his exile, Alexander A. Bolonkin was arrested: in 1976 he completed four years in the camps under Article 70 [pt. 1] of the Russian Criminal Code (see CCE 30.4). * On 6 May 1978, he was taken in handcuffs by … Continue reading The Trial of Bolonkin, August 1978 (51.7)
Defending the Rights of the Disabled (51.17)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 20 May 1978, Yury Kiselyov (Moscow), Valery Fefelov (Yurev-Polsky, Vladimir Region) and Faizula Khusainov (Chistopol, Tatar ASSR), all disabled people (Group 1) either with paralysed legs or without both legs, announced that they had formed an Action Group to Defend the Rights of the Disabled in the USSR. … Continue reading Defending the Rights of the Disabled (51.17)
In the Prisons and Camps [1], August 1977 (46.10)
<< No 46 : 15 August 1977 >> MVD Directives on Conditions of Detention No. 20 (14 January 1972) – the basic regulations, covering practically all aspects of the prisoners’ lives (see CCE 33.3). No. 225 (25 April 1972) – lays down food rations for prisoners of all categories (see CCE 33.2). No. 118 – … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps [1], August 1977 (46.10)
The Persecution of Believers in Lithuania, January 1972 (23.8)
<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> [1] The trial of the priest Juozas Zdebskis (see CCE 21.9 and CCE 22.8, item 6) who was arrested on 26 August in Prienai, took place on 11 November 1971 in the people’s court of the Kaunas district. Zdebskis had been brutally beaten while in police custody, and until … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers in Lithuania, January 1972 (23.8)
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