Over five years until its demise the Chronicle recorded the release of one hundred of the 275 prisoners and exiles named in the August 1977 Relief Fund List (CCE 46.23-2). A total of 66 were freed in 1978 and 1979 alone. Close examination reveals just how arbitrary this process was. The Chronicle also noted the … Continue reading Captivity and Release, 1977-1982
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The death of Jűri Kukk, March 1981 (62.1)
<< Issue 62 : 14 July 1981 >> On 2 March 1981 Jűri Kukk (CCE 56.17, CCE 61.12), who was still on hunger-strike, arrived at a camp in Murmansk (Northwest Russia) from Tallinn. He was at once sent back south to a hospital in Vologda -- distension of the stomach was diagnosed -- where he … Continue reading The death of Jűri Kukk, March 1981 (62.1)
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