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Category: Judicial repression

The Trial of Viktoras Petkus, July 1978 (50.5)

29 March 202123 May 2026

<<No. 50 : November 1978>> From 10 to 13 July the Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR examined the case of Viktoras Petkus. He was charged under four Articles of the Lithuanian SSR Criminal Code: 68, pt 2 (“Anti-Soviet Agitation & Propaganda”), 70 (“Organizational Activities, and taking part in an anti-Soviet organization”), 122, pt 2 … Continue reading The Trial of Viktoras Petkus, July 1978 (50.5)

Chornovil in Exile, April-May 1978 (49.9)

27 March 202118 May 2026

<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> Yakutia. Before Vyacheslav Chomovil’s arrival at his place of exile (CCE 48.10), the local Party activists were informed that "an Enemy of the People" who had intended to overthrow the Soviet regime would soon be coming to the village. * The local population were ordered, if they did not want … Continue reading Chornovil in Exile, April-May 1978 (49.9)

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ARTICLE 19

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(1948 UN General Assembly)

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  • USING THIS WEBSITE
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