<<No 21 : 11 September 1971>> Lithuania [1] PRIENAI. On 26 August Juozas Zdebskis, vicar of the Roman-Catholic church in Prienai, was arrested by officers of the Lithuanian Procuracy. Zdebskis is a popular figure among believers, and is well-known and respected by the Lithuanian intelligentsia (CCE 18.10 [18]). He had been teaching the catechism to … Continue reading Religious Persecution, September 1971 (21.9)
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The Meskhetian Movement, September 1971 (21.8)
<<No 21 : 11 September 1971>> The Seventh National Assembly of the Turkic Association for the Defence of National Rights, formed by the Turkic people at present in exile, was held on 18 July 1971 at the Kirov state farm in the Srednechirchik district (Tashkent Region), Uzbek SSR. Despite the opposition of the authorities, who … Continue reading The Meskhetian Movement, September 1971 (21.8)