<< 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 (64.13-1)
Category: Political prisoners
In the prisons and camps (27.5)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> Some inmates of Vladimir Prison No 2 (address: 600020, Vladimir, [penal] institution OD-I/ST-2) who were convicted under articles of the Criminal Code relating to "especially dangerous State crimes” are listed here [surnames in Russian alphabetical order, see CCE 46.23]. * Anatoly Avakov – Article 70 of the Russian Criminal … Continue reading In the prisons and camps (27.5)
Letters and Documents (26.15)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> In May 1972 there appeared in samizdat an open letter, whose authors are concerned about the fate of K. Lyubarsky, V. Chornovil, I. Svitlychny. D. Shumuk and L. Plyushch (see CCE 24.3 and CCE 25.2), who were arrested in January 1972, and others. The letter talks of the protracted … Continue reading Letters and Documents (26.15)
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)
Political Prisoners in the Mordovian Camps (25.6)
<<No 25 : 20 May 1972>> Dmytro Kuzmich VERKHOLYAK (b. 1928). From 1947 he was in the Ukrainian Insurrectionist Army [UPA]. Arrested in 1955, on 14 February 1956 a court in Ivano-Frankovsk sentenced him to be shot, but this was changed to 25 years of camps [note 1]. In camp he is working as a … Continue reading Political Prisoners in the Mordovian Camps (25.6)
Letters and Statements (51.20)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> 115 signatures: “To the International Committee of the Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies” “For a number of years, the International Red Cross has not responded in any way to reports about bad conditions in places of imprisonment, and to the abuse of psychiatry in the … Continue reading Letters and Statements (51.20)
