«No 58 : November 1980» From 16 to 18 September the Kalinin Regional Court, presided over by Judge A.N. Kiselyova, heard the case of Josif Getselevich DYADKIN (b. 1928), who was arrested on 25 April (CCE 56.13) and Sergei Maximovich GORBACHEV (b. 1952) arrested on 5 June (CCE 57.9) and both charged under Article 190-1 … Continue reading The trial of Dyadkin and Gorbachev, 16-18 September 1980 (58.20)
Category: Protests
The Right to Leave, December 1978 (51.16)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> [1] On 12 September 1977 Major Ilyukhin, Deputy Head of the Vladimir OVIR, informed Viktor Nekipelov, a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group, that he had been refused an exit visa: “We consider that you have no reason to visit the State of Israel — there’s nothing for you … Continue reading The Right to Leave, December 1978 (51.16)
The Persecution of Believers, December 1978 (51.15)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS On 2 July the Deputy Head of the Smolensk KGB ‘chatted’ for an hour and a half with T.N. Shchipkova (CCE 49) about the journal Community [Obshchina] (CCE 49 and “Samizdat Update” in this issue, CCE 51.21), Shchipkova refused to answer his questions. At the end of … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers, December 1978 (51.15)
Samizdat Update, May 1977 (45.20)
<<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> [1] M. I. Kukobaka – “Détente and the Defence of Human Rights are Inseparable” (3 April 1977, 9 pp) The author criticizes those Western politicians who consider that President Carter’s human rights policy is prejudicial to detente (‘dangerous illusions’) and maintains that the best guarantee for the observance of … Continue reading Samizdat Update, May 1977 (45.20)
The Persecution of Crimean Tatars, December 1978 (51.13)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> IN THE CRIMEA In the spring of 1978, there were about 700 Crimean Tatar families in the Crimea, living without registration in houses they had bought (CCE 49), Almost all of them had been through the civil courts, which had declared the arrangement of house sales and purchases to … Continue reading The Persecution of Crimean Tatars, December 1978 (51.13)
In Other Camps, December 1978 (51.9)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> PYOTR VINS On 15 May (CCE 49) Pyotr Vins was sent to Camp OR-318/76 (Rafalovka Station, Rovno Region), where Vasily Barladyanu is held (CCEs 47 and 48). On 15 May, the day after he arrived in camp, Vins was receiving his camp uniform. In the clothing section, while Vins … Continue reading In Other Camps, December 1978 (51.9)
Activities of Soviet Jews, June to September 1973 (30.12)
<<No 30 : 31 December 1973>> To protest against the grounds on which they had been forbidden to leave the USSR, seven Moscow scientists met at the home of Alexander Lunts (Moscow, 15 Garibaldi Street, building 2, flat 76) on 10 June 1973 to commence a hunger strike that lasted many days. In denying these … Continue reading Activities of Soviet Jews, June to September 1973 (30.12)
In the Prisons and Camps, December 1978 (51.9)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Directive No. 37 New Rules concerning internal order (mentioned in CCE 48.10), were brought into effect on 15 March 1978 by Decree No. 37 of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, issued in December 1977. The Decree carries the stamp of the USSR Procurator-General. Like the former rules, introduced … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, December 1978 (51.9)
