<< No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> * EIGHT ITEMS * 1. GEORGIAN HELSINKI GROUP In January 1977, a Group to Assist the Implementation of the Helsinki Agreements was set up in Georgia. Six people joined it: Beglor Bezhuashvili, a lab assistant in the department of art criticism, Tbilisi University; Zviad Gamsakhurdia, now senior … Continue reading Helsinki Groups’ Activities, ’77 (44.10)
Shcharansky Arrest, Mar ’77 (44.9)
<< No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> LIPAVSKY LETTER On 4 March there appeared in Izvestiya (Moscow evening edition) an “Open Letter from S. L. Lipavsky” to the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, to the UN and the US Congress. It contained a direct accusation of espionage against Anatoly Shcharansky and Alexander Lerner. … Continue reading Shcharansky Arrest, Mar ’77 (44.9)