<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 20 May 1978, three disabled men (all Group I invalids) either with paralysed legs or without both legs, announced that they had formed an Action Group to Defend the Rights of the Disabled in the USSR. They are Yury Kiselyov (Moscow), Valery Fefyolov (Yuryev-Polsky, Vladimir Region) and Faizula … Continue reading Defending the Disabled, May-October 1978 (51.17)
Trial of Buzinnikov, 28 July-1 August 1978 (51.3)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 1 August the Gomel Regional Court, presided over by Judge P.P. Tsirkunov, sentenced Yevgeny Buzinnikov under Article 186-1 (Belorussian Criminal Code = Article 190-1, RSFSR Code) to three years in strict-regime camps. The prosecutor at the trial was Procurator E.G. Maslakova; there was no defence counsel. * Yevgeny … Continue reading Trial of Buzinnikov, 28 July-1 August 1978 (51.3)