<<No 51 : 1 December 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 1978), 12 (9 October 1978), 13 (20 November 1978) and 14 (5 January 1979) [note 1]. IN SPECIAL … Continue reading In the Psychiatric Hospitals, December 1978 (51.11)
“Tamizdat” Update, December 1973 (30.16)
<<No 30 : 31 December 1973>> This section summarizes Western editions of works and documents in Russian, tamizdat [note 1], that were not published in the Soviet Union for “ideological” reasons. [1] A Chronicle of Human Rights in the USSR No. 3 (June-August 1973). (Same format, headings and price as previous issues.) In addition to … Continue reading “Tamizdat” Update, December 1973 (30.16)
In the Psychiatric Hospitals, December 1973 (30.9)
<<No 30 : 31 December 1973>> On 9 July 1973 the HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE in Moscow published an official statement which is quoted here in full: “We have learned that the International Congress of Psychotherapists in Oslo ruled against passing any resolution condemning the use of psychiatric hospitalization as a means of political repression in … Continue reading In the Psychiatric Hospitals, December 1973 (30.9)
The Trial of Bedarev and Raksha, 3-7 July 1978 (51.6)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> From 3 to 7 July Tashkent City Court, presided over by I. M. Yusupov, examined the case of Viktor Gennadievich BEDAREV (b. 1949) and Pyotr Vasilyevich RAKSHA (b. 1947). They were charged under Article 192-1, pt. 2, of the Uzbek Criminal Code (“resistance to a police officer or a … Continue reading The Trial of Bedarev and Raksha, 3-7 July 1978 (51.6)
In the Prisons and Camps, December 1973 (30.8)
<<No 30 : 31 December 1973>> Alexander Fyodorovich SERGIYENKO [Ukr. Serhiyenko], sentenced by the Kiev Regional Court under Article 62 of the Ukrainian criminal code to 7 years in strict-regime camps and 3 years of exile (see CCE 25.2 and CCE 27.1), has been confined in the Perm camps ([penal] institution VS-389/36) since December 1972. … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, December 1973 (30.8)
The Trial of Shatalov, August 1978 (51.4)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 10 August the Stavropol Region Court, presided over by V. P. Leontev, sentenced Nikolai Petrovich Shatalov (CCE 48.17, item 6) under Article 190-1 of the Russian Criminal Code to 18 months in a strict-regime camp. Shatalov was in custody from 10 August 1977 to 16 March 1978, during … Continue reading The Trial of Shatalov, August 1978 (51.4)
Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, December 1973 (30.7)
<< No 30 : 31 December 1973 >> Investigation of the Superfin Case As previously reported (CCE 29.4), Gabriel Gavrilovich SUPERFIN was arrested on 3 July 1973, his home was searched and the following items confiscated: notebooks, books in foreign languages including detective stories by Agatha Christie and a literary work to which Superfin had … Continue reading Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, December 1973 (30.7)
News in Brief, July 1973 (29.11)
<<No 29 : 31 July 1973>> [1] Irina Kristi, Tatyana Velikanova, 0lga Joffe, Irina Kaplun, Ludmila Kardasevich, Yury Kiselev, Malva Landa, Sergei Khodorovich, Tatyana Khodorovich and Nadezhda Shatunovskaya have sent a letter to R.A. Rudenko, Procurator-General of the USSR. It concerns a violation committed by the Moscow City Procurator’s Office with respect to S.G. Myuge … Continue reading News in Brief, July 1973 (29.11)
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