«No 58 : November 1980» From 16 to 18 September the Kalinin Regional Court, presided over by Judge A.N. Kiselyova, heard the case of Josif Getselevich DYADKIN (b. 1928), who was arrested on 25 April (CCE 56.13) and Sergei Maximovich GORBACHEV (b. 1952) arrested on 5 June (CCE 57.9). Both were charged under Article 190-1 … Continue reading Dyadkin & Gorbachev’s trial, September 1980 (58.20)
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The Persecution of Believers, Dec. 1978 (51.15)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Orthodox Christians; Pentecostals; Baptists; Jehovah's Witnesses; Adventists * ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS On 2 July the Deputy Head of the Smolensk KGB ‘chatted’ for an hour and a half with T.N. Shchipkova (CCE 49) about the journal Community [Obshchina] (CCE 49 and “Samizdat Update” in this issue, CCE 51.21), Shchipkova refused … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers, Dec. 1978 (51.15)
Samizdat Update, May 1977 (45.20)
<<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> [1] M. I. Kukobaka – “Détente and the Defence of Human Rights are Inseparable” (3 April 1977, 9 pp) The author criticizes those Western politicians who consider that President Carter’s human rights policy is prejudicial to détente (‘dangerous illusions’) and maintains that the best guarantee for the observance of … Continue reading Samizdat Update, May 1977 (45.20)
News in Brief, October 1972 (27.12)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> On 21 August in Moscow City Court the trial took place of Ilya Glezer, charged with "‘the manufacture and dissemination of libellous letters and documents designed to undermine the Soviet State system" (see CCE 24.10 [and CCE 25.10, item 18]). The judge was Bogdanov, the Procurator Funtov and the … Continue reading News in Brief, October 1972 (27.12)
Bibliographical Note, 1979 (CCE 51)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> The original Russian text of Chronicle 51, of which this book is a translation, appeared as a booklet without annotations, Khronika tekushchikh sobytii, Khronika Press: New York, 1979. * Earlier issues of the Chronicle are available in English from two main sources. Numbers 16-51 have been published by Amnesty … Continue reading Bibliographical Note, 1979 (CCE 51)
Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, 1978 (51.8)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Moscow. On 25 August 1978, Moscow KGB officials, headed by a senior investigator of the Investigations Department, Captain V. S. Semenyuk, conducted a search of the home of Mark Aronovich MOROZOV (CCE 47.15). The decision to conduct a search was authorized by a military procurator. In the decision it … Continue reading Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, 1978 (51.8)
In the prisons and camps (27.5)
Some inmates of Vladimir Prison <<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> There follows a list of some inmates of Vladimir Prison No 2 (address: 600020, Vladimir, [penal] institution OD-I/ST-2), convicted under articles of the Criminal Code relating to "especially dangerous State crimes”. [Surnames in Russian alphabetical order, see CCE 46.23]. * Anatoly Avakov – Article … Continue reading In the prisons and camps (27.5)
Political Prisoners in Psychiatric Hospitals, July 1972 (26.5)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> Vladimir llych Trifonov (b. 1938 in the Kalinin Region [Central Russia]) -- In 1966 Trifonov studied at the physics faculty of Kalinin Pedagogical Institute. He frequently argued with teachers in the department of political economy. As a result, a psychiatric examination was arranged for him. The examination lasted five … Continue reading Political Prisoners in Psychiatric Hospitals, July 1972 (26.5)
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