<<No 32 : 17 July 1974>> Volkov and Golubev, students at the Latvian State University (physics and maths faculty) listened to and recorded on tape some excerpts from Solzhenitsyn’s book Gulag Archipelago, broadcast by a foreign radio station. They then reproduced the recording for their colleagues. They have been expelled from the Komsomol and the … Continue reading Extra-judicial persecution, July 1974 (32.18)
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The trial of Starchik, December 1972 (28.5)
<<No 28 : 31 December 1972>> The trial of Pyotr Petrovich Starchik (see CCE 25.2) was held on 14 December 1972 in the Moscow City Court. Starchik (b. 1939) is married with two children, aged seven and one-and-a half. He finished two years of study in the psychology department of Moscow University and worked as … Continue reading The trial of Starchik, December 1972 (28.5)
Miscellaneous Reports, pt 1 (51.19)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Political Prisoner’s Day 30 October was declared “Political Prisoner Day” by the Moscow Helsinki Group (Document No. 66 [see CCE 51.20]): “We emphasize especially: the majority of political prisoners in the USSR are prisoners of conscience, who have not in fact committed any crimes... The fulfilment of the international … Continue reading Miscellaneous Reports, pt 1 (51.19)
Foreigners in defence of Soviet political prisoners, January 1970 (12.8)
«No 12 : 28 February 1970» In January 1970 in Leningrad and Moscow there were three demonstrations by foreign citizens who are members of various committees for the defence of civil liberties. * In Leningrad a Norwegian, Gunnar Ghenjseth from Oslo, handcuffed himself to the railing of the upper floor of the hall of the … Continue reading Foreigners in defence of Soviet political prisoners, January 1970 (12.8)
Political trials around the USSR, February 1970 (12.4)
«No 12 : 28 February 1970» DNEPROPETROVSK (Ukraine) From 19 to 27 January the trial of I. G. Sokulsky, N. G. Kulchinsky and V. V. Savchenko, accused under Article 62 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code (which corresponds to Article 70 of the Russian Code), was held in Dnepropetrovsk. The judge was Tubelts, the assessors were … Continue reading Political trials around the USSR, February 1970 (12.4)
Extra-judicial Political Persecution, December 1969 (11.13)
«No 11 : 31 December 1969» GORKY Artsimovich, a journalist from Gorky, was dismissed from the editorial staff of the newspaper where she worked, for reading Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward. MOSCOW Boris Leibovich Shlayen, mechanic at a Moscow factory which repairs calculating machines. After Shlayen had applied to the Department of Visas and Registration, on 30 … Continue reading Extra-judicial Political Persecution, December 1969 (11.13)
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