<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> In May 1972, Leonid Plyushch (see CCE 24.3) was sent to Moscow for a psychiatric examination. A number of facts oblige one to suppose that the diagnosis of the commission of experts has been determined in advance. One such fact was adduced in a statement by the Action Group … Continue reading Pre-trial Investigations (26.4)
Category: In the psychiatric hospitals
Materials from the Newspapers (26.12)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> On 8 February, the paper Penza Pravda [Volga District], under the heading “Legal Feature , published an article “The Fall” (by O. Telbukh) concerning the trial of A. S. Lakalov, who was accused of “the dissemination of deliberate fabrications defaming the Soviet system” [note] (evidently Article 190-1 of the … Continue reading Materials from the Newspapers (26.12)
News in Brief (25.10)
<< No 25 : 20 May 1972 >> [1] As CCE 24.11 (item 6) reported, in March 16 prisoners in Leningrad Region’s corrective-labour colony 6 (Obukhovo rail station, Leningrad Region) refused to eat and sewed up their mouths in protest at the conditions of their confinement. Following an investigation, the commandant of the colony was … Continue reading News in Brief (25.10)
The Trial of Shikhanovich, November 1973 (30.3)
<< No 30 : 31 December 1973 >> On 28 September 1972 Yury Shikhanovich was arrested after a search of his flat. Two searches had been conducted there prior to this, one on 14 January (related to Case 24) and the other on 6 May (related to the case of K. A. Lyubarsky). Biographical data … Continue reading The Trial of Shikhanovich, November 1973 (30.3)
Political Trials, June 1972 (26.2)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> The Trial of Yury Melnik On 15, 16 and 19 June in Leningrad City Court the case was heard of Yury Melnik (CCE 24.2), charged under Articles 70 and 196 (forgery, manufacture or sale of forged documents, stamps, seals or forms) of the Russian Criminal Code. The chairman was … Continue reading Political Trials, June 1972 (26.2)
The trial of Starchik, December 1972 (28.5)
<<No 28 : 31 December 1972>> The trial of Pyotr Petrovich Starchik (see CCE 25.) was held on 14 December 1972 in the Moscow City Court. Starchik was born in 1939 and is married with two children, aged seven and one-and-a half. He finished two years of study in the psychology department of Moscow University … Continue reading The trial of Starchik, December 1972 (28.5)