<<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> FIRST TRIAL On 29 December 1976, the Chernigov Regional Court sentenced Pyotr Vasilyevich RUBAN on charges of “theft” and “private-enterprise activity” (Articles 81, pt. 3, and 150, UkSSR Criminal Code) to eight years in special-regime camps and five years’ exile (CCE 44.27 [1], statement by Ukrainian Helsinki Group). The … Continue reading The Trial of Pyotr Ruban, April 1977 (45.3)
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The Trial of Josif Begun, June 1978 (50.8-5)
<<No. 50 : November 1978>> Cand.Sc. (Technical Sciences) Josif Ziselevich BEGUN (b. 1933) has been a refusenik since 1971. He is an activist of the Jewish emigration movement [1]. In 1977 Begun was sentenced to two years’ exile under Article 209, pt. 1 (RSFSR Criminal Code: “leading a parasitic way of life for a prolonged … Continue reading The Trial of Josif Begun, June 1978 (50.8-5)
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