<< No 30 : 31 December 1973 >> In November 1973, Lisovoi and Pronyuk (see CCE 27.1, pt 2; and CCE 28.7), together with Semanyuk, faced trial in Kiev, charged under Article 62 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code (equivalent of Article 70 of the RSFSR code). The case was examined by the Kiev Regional Court. … Continue reading The Trial of Lisovoi, Pronyuk & Semanyuk, November 1973 (30.6)
Category: Letters and Statements
The Persecution of Believers in Lithuania (25.7)
<<No 25 : 20 May 1972>> Amongst cases of the infringement of believers' rights mentioned in “the Memorandum of the Catholics of Lithuania” [note 1] (see CCE 24.6) is the dismissal of O. Briliene, a schoolmistress and believer, by the Vilkaviskis district department of public education. In October 1969, the headmaster of a high school … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers in Lithuania (25.7)
Solzhenitsyn to the Patriarch; Zheludkov’s reply, March-April 1972 (25.5)
<<No 25 : 20 May 1972>> In March 1972 A. I. Solzhenitsyn sent a letter to Pimen, Patriarch of All Russia [note 1]. In answer to the appeal in the Patriarch’s Christmas message to all “Orthodox believers living abroad,” [note 2] that they should instil in their children a love for the Church and strengthen … Continue reading Solzhenitsyn to the Patriarch; Zheludkov’s reply, March-April 1972 (25.5)
On the Trial of Yu. Orlov (51.20)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> S. Polikanov (14 May 1978) On the eve of the trial of Yu. Orlov, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences S. Polikanov appealed to scientific and cultural figures in various countries, calling on them to “speak out decisively and immediately in defence of Yury Orlov and Alexander … Continue reading On the Trial of Yu. Orlov (51.20)
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)
Repression in Ukraine, pt. 2 (27.1)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> Arrests In Kiev two staff-members of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Philosophy Vasyl Lisovy and Yevhen Pronyuk (aged about 30), have been arrested [note 1]. Lisovy had written a letter to the Ukrainian Central Committee and the KGB protesting about the increasing repressions in the Ukraine. The … Continue reading Repression in Ukraine, pt. 2 (27.1)
Defending the Rights of the Disabled (51.17)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 20 May 1978, Yury Kiselyov (Moscow), Valery Fefelov (Yurev-Polsky, Vladimir Region) and Faizula Khusainov (Chistopol, Tatar ASSR), all disabled people (Group 1) either with paralysed legs or without both legs, announced that they had formed an Action Group to Defend the Rights of the Disabled in the USSR. … Continue reading Defending the Rights of the Disabled (51.17)
The Trial of Nazaryan, 15 November to 1 December 1978 (51.1)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 1 December 1978, the Supreme Court of the Armenian SS R sentenced Robert Nazaryan (b. 1948) under Article 65 of the Armenian Criminal Code (equivalent to Article 70 of the Russian Code) to 5 years in strict-regime camps and 2 years’ exile (the Procurator had asked for 6 … Continue reading The Trial of Nazaryan, 15 November to 1 December 1978 (51.1)
