Over the 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 … 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)