New Information <<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> At the Leningrad aeroplane trial in December 1970 (see CCE 17.6) defendant J. M. Mendelevich was charged, amongst other things, with having written the articles “On Assimilation'’ and “The Jews Are Ceasing to be Silent” and defendant L. G. Khnokh, with possessing an appeal “of anti-Soviet content” … Continue reading The Leningrad “Aeroplane” Trial (27.9)
Category: petitions
Persecution of Believers in Lithuania, 1969-1972 (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[na] Briliene, a schoolmistress and believer, by the Vilkaviskis district department of public education. In October 1969, the headmaster of a high school … Continue reading Persecution of Believers in Lithuania, 1969-1972 (25.7)
The case of Alexander Lavut, May-June 1980 (57.7)
<<No 57 : 3 August 1980>> Fifty-one signatures appear under the appeal “Alexander Lavut Has Been Arrested”, issued on 5 May (he was arrested on 29 April 1980, CCE 56): “... What crime has been committed by this wonderful, modest, hardworking man, who loves his country and has worked indefatigably for it over many years?“The … Continue reading The case of Alexander Lavut, May-June 1980 (57.7)
Velikanova & Yakunin, November 1979 (54.1-1)
FIRST RESPONSES TO THEIR ARRESTS <<No 54 : 15 November 1979>> A statement by the MOSCOW HELSINKI GROUP The Group to Assist the Implementation of the Helsinki Agreements in the USSR: Document No. 111 (3 November 1979) “A sharp increase in the persecution of the movement for the rule of law in the USSR”. "On … Continue reading Velikanova & Yakunin, November 1979 (54.1-1)
Documents 112-116a of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Dec 1979 (55.10)
<<Moscow Helsinki Group documents, 1976-1982>> No. 112: “On the acceptance of Jewish students into the Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty of Moscow University” (see CCEs 51, 53 & 54). No, 113 (10 December 1979): “The arrest of Moscow Helsinki Group member Viktor Nekipelov” (see this issue, “Arrests, Searches, Interrogations” CCE 55.2). No. 114 (11 December 1979): … Continue reading Documents 112-116a of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Dec 1979 (55.10)
Documents 99-111 of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Aug-Nov 1979 (CCE 54.26)
<<Moscow Helsinki Group documents, 1976-1982>> No. 99 (25 August 1979): On the persecution of Baptists in Ryazan Region (in this issue see “Persecution of Believers”, CCE 54.19). No. 100 (30 August 1979): “Repressive measures on ideological grounds, August 1978 to August 1979” [10 pp.] Sub-headings -- Ukraine; Armenia; the Baltic Republics; the Moscow Helsinki Group; … Continue reading Documents 99-111 of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Aug-Nov 1979 (CCE 54.26)
Moscow Helsinki Group Documents 82-98: Mar-July 1979 (53.31)
<<Moscow Helsinki Group documents, 1976-1982>> No. 82 (15 March 1979): “Another wave of repressions: gross violations of freedoms and human rights in the Ukraine in Leningrad, Moscow and Tashkent” (in this issue see “Arrests, Searches, Interrogations”, “Persecution of Believers”, Trial of Volokhonsky”, “The Trial of Mustafa Dzhemilev” CCE 53.2, “Trials of Adventists”, CCE 53.3). No. … Continue reading Moscow Helsinki Group Documents 82-98: Mar-July 1979 (53.31)
Moscow Helsinki Group Documents 69-81: Dec 1978 – Feb 1979 (52.16)
<<Moscow Helsinki Group documents, 1976-1982>> No. 69 (8 December 1978): “30 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (Appeal). The writers consider it necessary to: Release all prisoners of conscience;Revoke Articles 70 and 190-1 of the Russian Criminal Code;Revoke the part of Article 64 of the Russian Criminal Code which allows people to be … Continue reading Moscow Helsinki Group Documents 69-81: Dec 1978 – Feb 1979 (52.16)