<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> TWO ENTRIES * [1] Romas Kalanta: funeral and demonstrations Some details have become known about the tragic suicide of Romas Kalanta and the events that followed it in Kaunas (CCE 26.11). Kalanta died by self-immolation at about 1 pm on 14 May 1972, in a city garden next to … Continue reading Lithuania, May-Oct ’72 (27.3)
Repression in Ukraine, June-Sept ’72 (27.1-1)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> * UKRAINE 1-1. Trials: 13 trials in Kyiv, Lviv and elsewhere 1-2. Arrests, Extra-judicial Persecution, Persecution of Jews *** * TRIALS From June to September 1972 participants in the national and democratic movement in Ukraine were put on trial. The prosecution case was based chiefly on samizdat and occasionally … Continue reading Repression in Ukraine, June-Sept ’72 (27.1-1)