<<No 44 : 16 March 1977>> DECEMBER 1976. 18.Exchange of Vladimir Bukovsky and Luis Corvalan.24.Searches among members of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group.25.Psychiatric arrest of Vladimir Borisov (Leningrad). JANUARY 1977. 4.Searches among members of Moscow Helsinki Group. TASS announces link between Helsinki Group and NTS.5.Creation of the Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes. Yury … Continue reading Chronology: Dec. 1976 to March 1977 (44.1)
Category: Arrests
Traditional Days of Protest
Constitution Day - Then and Now This Saturday, 12 December 2015, demonstrators in Moscow wishing to take part in a protest on Pushkin Square faced rough treatment from the police. It's part of a long tradition, dating back to the mid-1960s. Then Soviet dissidents first pointed to the glaring discrepancies between what the Constitution (of … Continue reading Traditional Days of Protest
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