<<No 33 : 10 December 1974>> A List of those known to the Chronicle PREFACE Some comments are necessary as a preface to this list. 1. For easier reference, the prisoners in the list below are divided into groups according to the type of their “case”. This grouping is, however, not in any way meant … Continue reading Prisoners in Perm camps, December 1974 (33.6)
Category: Nationalities
A List of Political Prisoners, August 1977 (46.23)
PREFACE The Russian Relief Fund for Political Prisoners (CCE 44.3) here gives the names of political prisoners and exiles known to it in mid-August 1977 [N.B. This excludes those in psychiatric hospitals and almost all religious prisoners are omitted. For more details on those listed see recent issues of the Chronicle, especially CCE 33.] see … Continue reading A List of Political Prisoners, August 1977 (46.23)
Dates of Trials, June-October 1980 (58.0)
<<No 58 : November 1980>> JUNE 2Abram Treskunov (Leningrad) AUGUST 5-8 Bishop V.P. Goretoi (Krasnodar) 8-11 Algirdas Statkevicius (Vilnius) 11-13 Vasily Barladyanu (Rovno) 13 Razmik Markosyan (Tselinograd [Astana]) 25-28 Father Gleb Yakunin 26 Olga Matusevich (Ukraine) 27-29 Tatyana Velikanova SEPTEMBER 3-7 Alexander Ogorodnikov 8 Alexander Kuzkin 15-19 Antanas Terleckas and Julius Sasnauskas (Vilnius) 16-18 Iosif … Continue reading Dates of Trials, June-October 1980 (58.0)
In the Prisons and Camps, May 1976 (40.9)
VLADIMIR PRISON The right to correspond. Since the end of 1975 Zavyalkin, the governor of Vladimir Prison, has taken an active part in supervising the prisoners’ correspondence. From December 1975 stereo-postcards which arrived in letters were not given out. From February 1976 there was an increase in the number of incoming and outgoing letters being … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, May 1976 (40.9)
18, 17 and 13 years for discussing faith and Russian persecution: 12 January 2021
Crimean Tatars targeted in Military Court ruling. <<Other texts and documents>> A Russian court has sentenced three Crimean Tatars, including a father and son, to exceptionally long terms of imprisonment, on the basis of discussions about their Muslim faith and political subjects, including Russia’s persecution of Muslims. This was claimed to have been “anti-Russian” and … Continue reading 18, 17 and 13 years for discussing faith and Russian persecution: 12 January 2021
The Psychiatric Diagnosis of Valentyn Moroz: May 1976 (40.8)
On 1 June 1976, Valentyn MOROZ should have been transferred to a labour camp after six years in Vladimir Prison (CCE 17.2). Since March that year Raisa Moroz had received no letters from her husband. In answer to many inquiries the prison governor informed her that V. Moroz had been sent to “a medical institution” … Continue reading The Psychiatric Diagnosis of Valentyn Moroz: May 1976 (40.8)
In Defence of Davidovich, 1975-1976 (39.4)
On 9 May 1975, at 12 noon, on the thirtieth anniversary of the victory over German fascism, a Jewish anti-fascist meeting took place in Minsk. War veterans, former partisans and young people gathered in the former ghetto district. About five hundred people were present, including Jews from Moscow, from a number of towns in Belorussia … Continue reading In Defence of Davidovich, 1975-1976 (39.4)
Yefim Davidovich, 1924-1976 (40.7)
<<No. 40 : 20 May 1976>> Yefim Aronovich DAVIDOVICH, retired colonel and veteran of the Second World War, holder of eighteen medals and military honours, died on 24 April 1976; he spent his last years fighting for the right of Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel. Yefim Davidovich was born in Minsk in 1924. At … Continue reading Yefim Davidovich, 1924-1976 (40.7)
The death of Vasyl Stus (1938-1985)
Vesti iz SSSR, 1985 (17-1, 15 September) On 4 September 1985, political prisoner Vasyl STUS died in special-regime camp Perm 389/36-1. Vasyl Stus (b. 8 January 1938) was an outstanding Ukrainian poet and journalist. First arrested in January 1972 for publishing a poetry collection abroad and writing a number of articles for samizdat, he was … Continue reading The death of Vasyl Stus (1938-1985)
Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea (2020)
Monstrous sentences against CRIMEAN TATAR journalists & activists <<Other texts and documents>> In the last decades of the Soviet regime, dissidents received 7-10 year sentences for "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda". Modern Russia, persecuting Ukrainian citizens on illegally occupied territory for their religious beliefs and political views, is doubling such sentences. Seven Crimean Tatar civic journalists … Continue reading Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea (2020)
The Case of the Explosion on the [Moscow] Underground, March 1979 (52.1)
<<No 52 : 1 March 1979>> On 8 January 1977 an explosion occurred in a Moscow underground train. The authorities immediately tried to link this act of terrorism with dissident activity (CCE 44.15). On 31 January 1979 the following report was published: In the Supreme Court of the USSR.The Judicial Board for Criminal Cases of … Continue reading The Case of the Explosion on the [Moscow] Underground, March 1979 (52.1)
No 34 : 31 December 1974
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Only two of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE 34-36, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page (1) The Arrest of Sergei Kovalyov [6] TRIALS (2) The Trial of Mikhail … Continue reading No 34 : 31 December 1974
No 60 : 31 December 1980
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES None of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 59-61, see below) are given to the right of the items in this Contents page [*] (1) Statement on Chronicle 59 (confiscated by KGB) and turnover among … Continue reading No 60 : 31 December 1980
No 27 : 15 October 1972
THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES None of the translated reports in this issue have been digitised. They may be found in CCE 27 : 15 October 1972 (AI pdf) . The numbers after each item indicates the page in the pdf. 1. Repressive measures in the Ukraine [4] 2. Searches, interrogations, … Continue reading No 27 : 15 October 1972
No 25 : 20 May 1972
THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES A few of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version — CCE 25 & 26 : 20 May to 5 July 1972 (pdf) — are given to the right of the other items in this Contents page. 1. Political … Continue reading No 25 : 20 May 1972
The Trial of Reshat Dzhemilev, 12 April 1973 (31.2)
<< No 31: 17 May 1974 >> Tashkent Region Court, 12 April 1973 Articles 190-1 and 190-3 of the RSFSR Criminal Code and corresponding articles of the criminal code of the Uzbek SSR. Sentence – 3 years in the camps. ♦ On 12 July 1972 a search was made in the flat of RESHAT DZHEMILEV … Continue reading The Trial of Reshat Dzhemilev, 12 April 1973 (31.2)
