<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> Veche, No. 5 (25 May 1972) Contents 1. Statement by the editors of the journal Veche – a protest against the police swoop by employees of station No. 2 of the Moscow UVD [Department of Internal Affairs] on editor Vladimir Osipov (see this issue, CCE 26.14), 2. "The Role … Continue reading Samizdat Update, July 1972 (26.16)
Category: Tamizdat
Extrajudicial persecution (26.13)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> At the beginning of April 1972, at a meeting of the Party Bureau of the poetry section [of the Moscow Writers' Organization], Bulat Okudzhava was asked to publish a letter in the paper Literary Gazette condemning the publication by the Possev publishing-house of an anthology of his works (already … Continue reading Extrajudicial persecution (26.13)
A Chronicle of Human Rights in the USSR (29.1)
<<No 29 : 31 July 1973>> The Publication of A Chronicle of Human Rights in the USSR has begun. The first issue (November 1972-March 1973) is a brochure of 80 pages. Publisher: Khronika Press, New York, 1973. Editors: Peter Reddaway (London) and Edward Kline (New York). Price: [$3.00]. The title page closely resembles the typewritten … Continue reading A Chronicle of Human Rights in the USSR (29.1)
Related texts (1974)
<<Other texts and documents>> Français : Deutsch : Other languages. Russian version published abroad Publishers Amsterdam = Herzen Institute, Amsterdam (CCE 11.15, item 4) Frankfurt = Possev Verlag, Frankfurt-am-Main (FRG) New York = Chalidze Press (1973 onward) Paris = YMCA Press, Paris ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITIONS (AND TAMIZDAT) Amalrik, Andrei, Will the Soviet Union survive until 1984? … Continue reading Related texts (1974)
The Trial of Alexander Podrabinek, 15 August 1978 (50.7)
<<No. 50 : November 1978>> This section has been compiled largely from the Information Bulletin of the Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes, Nos. 9 (9 June 1978), 10 (10 August) and 11, a special edition about the trial.[note 1] Arrest and Investigation Alexander Podrabinek was arrested at the flat … Continue reading The Trial of Alexander Podrabinek, 15 August 1978 (50.7)
The Trial of Maresin, 14 April 1976 (40.6)
On 14 April 1976 the Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR heard the case of Valery MARESIN, charged with refusal to give evidence (Article 189 of the Lithuanian SSR Criminal Code). The hearing was presided over by A. Jankauskas, a member of the Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR, the People's Assessors were V. Tereshina … Continue reading The Trial of Maresin, 14 April 1976 (40.6)
The death of Vasyl Stus (1938-1985)
Vesti iz SSSR, 1985 (17-1, 15 September) On 4 September 1985, political prisoner Vasyl STUS died in special-regime camp Perm 389/36-1. Vasyl Stus (b. 8 January 1938) was an outstanding Ukrainian poet and journalist. First arrested in January 1972 for publishing a poetry collection abroad and writing a number of articles for samizdat, he was … Continue reading The death of Vasyl Stus (1938-1985)
The Trial of Vasyl Stus, 29 Sept.-2 Oct. 1980 (58.17)
«No 58 : November 1980» In summer 1980 searches were carried out at the homes of exiles Yevgeny Sverstyuk (CCE 52, 55, 56) and Alexander Sergiyenko (CCE 52, 54, 55) in connection with the case of Stus (CCE 57). Letters were confiscated. On 26 June Stus's investigator, KGB Major A. V. Selyuk, interrogated the wife … Continue reading The Trial of Vasyl Stus, 29 Sept.-2 Oct. 1980 (58.17)
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