Samizdat Update, December 1978 (51.21)

9 April 20216 September 2021

<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> (1) A. Sakharov: “The Human Rights Movement in the USSR and Eastern Europe: Aims, Significance, Difficulties” (8 November 1978, 12 pp.) “The word ‘movement’ in the title of this article is not intended to bring to mind any sort of organization, or association, or, still less, party. It simply … Continue reading Samizdat Update, December 1978 (51.21)

No 55 : 31 December 1979

6 April 201921 February 2022

THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Some of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 55 & 56, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page in square brackets [ ] (1) TRIALS The Trial of Vasily Streltsov … Continue reading No 55 : 31 December 1979

No 58 : November 1980

31 March 201915 May 2021

THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Some of the reports in this issue have now been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE No 58, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page. Political trials, Summer and Autumn 1980 Dates of Trials (June-Oct. 1980) MOSCOW [1] … Continue reading No 58 : November 1980

No 65 : 31 December 1982

23 March 201929 August 2021

THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Not circulated in USSR; translation of one report. Available only in Russian *** 1. TRIALS The trial of Anatoly Ivanov-SkuratovThe trial of Natalya Lazareva (Leningrad)The trial of Victor Artsymovich (Tomsk)The trial of Gleb PavlovskyThe trial of Anatoly Chernyshev,Alexander Kovalevsky and Valery Kendel (Tomsk)The trial of … Continue reading No 65 : 31 December 1982

The Trial of Mikhail Yakovlev, 31 July 1982 (63.2)

16 November 201516 April 2019

«No 63 : 31 December 1981» The case of the journal Poiski (Investigations), continued: see CCE Nos 52-8, 60 and 62. On 31 July the Moscow Sokolniki District People's Court, presided over by V.I. Smolnov, examined the case against Mikhail Yurevich Yakovlev (b. 1949; arrested 28 May, CCE 62), who was charged under Article 181 … Continue reading The Trial of Mikhail Yakovlev, 31 July 1982 (63.2)