<<Moscow Helsinki Group documents, 1976-1982>> No. 50 (18 May 1978): “The trial of Professor Yury Orlov” (see CCE 50.1). No. 51 (22 May 1978): Concerning the arrest of Alexander Podrabinek (see CCE 50.7). No. 52 (5 June 1978): “The arrest of Vladimir Slepak. The preparation of a criminal case against Maria Slepak and Ida Nudel” … Continue reading Moscow Helsinki Group Documents 50-68: May-Oct 1978 (51.21)
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Moral resistance, then & now (Tuesday 14 May 2019)
Veteran human rights campaigner Lena SANNIKOVA will speak at Pushkin House, London, on Tuesday, 14 May, at 7 pm about political prisoners in Putin's Russia and the Soviet Union and the many other opponents and victims of both regimes Elena Sannikova at the Sakharov Centre (May 2008) ♦ Over the past ten years, the level … Continue reading Moral resistance, then & now (Tuesday 14 May 2019)
No 47 : 30 November 1977
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES A few of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE 47) are given next to the items in this Contents page in square brackets [ ]. (1) The Trial of Felix Serebrov [8] (2) The Trial of … Continue reading No 47 : 30 November 1977
Religious Persecution, September 1971 (21.9)
<<No 21 : 11 September 1971>> Lithuania PRIENAI. On 26 August Juozas Zdebskis, vicar of the Roman-Catholic church in Prienai, was arrested by officers of the Lithuanian Procuracy. J. Zdebskis is a popular figure among believers, and is well-known and respected by the Lithuanian intelligentsia [CCE 18.10, item 18]. He had been teaching the catechism … Continue reading Religious Persecution, September 1971 (21.9)
Protests and Appeals, May 1976 (40.3a)
<<No 40 : 20 May 1976>> [1] TO THE WOMEN OF THE WORLD My son Mustafa Dzhemilev has been sentenced for the fifth time. The first time, he was sentenced without a trial, together with our whole Crimean Tatar nation, to exile from our homeland ... From his childhood Mustafa dreamed of returning to the … Continue reading Protests and Appeals, May 1976 (40.3a)
Traditional Days of Protest in the USSR, December 1976 (43.2)
<< No. 43 : 31 December 1976 >> 30 OCTOBER 1976 POLITICAL PRISONERS' DAY In 1976 Political Prisoners’ Day was observed for the third time. [1a] In camps and prisons the traditional hunger-strikes took place on that day; over sixty people took part. Among them were: ● the women prisoners Irina Stasiv-Kalynets, Oksana Popovich, Irina … Continue reading Traditional Days of Protest in the USSR, December 1976 (43.2)
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