<<No 54 : 15 November 1979>> On this day, Tatyana Mikhailovna VELIKANOVA, a veteran participant of the movement to defend the rule of law, and Orthodox priest Gleb Pavlovich YAKUNIN (CCE 54.1-2), a founder-member of the Christian Committee for the Defence of Believers Rights in the USSR, were arrested in Moscow. Velikanova and Yakunin were … Continue reading 1 November 1979, Velikanova’s Arrest (54.1-1)
Category: Judicial repression
Gamsakhurdia & Kostava’s arrest, April 1977 (45.9)
<<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> On 23 March, the Tbilisi newspaper Dawn of the East printed an anonymous article, “Who benefits from this?” On 24 March, the article was republished in Georgian in the newspaper Komunisti. The same day Zviad Gamsakhurdia was expelled from the Writers’ Union. On 25 March Zviad Gamsakhurdia issued a … Continue reading Gamsakhurdia & Kostava’s arrest, April 1977 (45.9)
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