<<No 14 : 30 June 1970>> Does Censorship Exist in the Soviet Union? Samizdat collection of 1917-1922 documents, with an anonymous foreword (Leningrad, 1970). * "... people of our era should know what a price in sacrifices was paid by the working class of our country to achieve the right to a free press", reads … Continue reading The history of Soviet censorship, June 1970 (14.9)
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Persecution of Dissenters. Press reports, 1970 (14.5)
<<No 14 : 30 June 1970>> RIGA On 7 November 1969, the anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution [1], E. Liepin and Misulovich were arrested on a charge of infringing Article 183-2 (Latvian SSR Criminal Code = Article 190-2, RSFSR Code): "gross disrespect towards the State flag", in fact of burning the flag of Soviet … Continue reading Persecution of Dissenters. Press reports, 1970 (14.5)