«No 35 : 31 March 1975» Biography 1958 – Anatoly Marchenko, a 20-year-old master driller, was found guilty of participating in a brawl. He was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment. (Later the case was reviewed and the sentence was changed to two years’ imprisonment.) 1959 – Marchenko escaped from a labour camp in Karaganda (Kazakh … Continue reading The Case of A.T. Marchenko, March 1975 (35.2)
Category: Protests
The Trial of Gleb Yakunin, August 1980 (58.3)
<<No 58 : November 1980>> The case of Father Gleb Pavlovich YAKUNIN, a member of the Christian Committee to Defend Believers Rights in the USSR, was heard from 25 to 28 August at the Moscow City Court. Yakunin (b. 1934) was arrested on 1 November 1979 (CCE 54.1-2) and charged under Article 70 (RSFSR Criminal … Continue reading The Trial of Gleb Yakunin, August 1980 (58.3)
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