Prisons and Camps (45.11-1) Statute on Political Prisoners (45.11-2) Letters and Statements; Releases (45.11-3) <<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> Paruir Airikyan: “An Open Letter to the UN Secretary-General, Kurt Waldheim” (21 October 1976) The letter, written in a cell of Erivan Prison (CCE 43) was timed to coincide with Political Prisoners Day, 30 October … Continue reading Prisoners Letters & Statements, 1976-7 (45.11-3)
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Political Prisoner status, May 1977 (45.11-2)
Prisons and Camps (45.11-1) A Statute for Political Prisoners (45.11-2) Letters and Statements; Releases (45.11-3) <<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> The movement of political prisoners demanding recognition of their special status vis-à-vis common criminals began in 1974 (CCE 33). Dozens of political prisoners began to define their behaviour with regard to camp and prison … Continue reading Political Prisoner status, May 1977 (45.11-2)
Prisons and camps, April-Nov 1977 (47.9-1)
«No 47 : 30 November 1977» * 1. Vladimir Prison & Mordovian camps (47.9-1) 2. Perm camps; Other prisons and camps (47.9-2) 3. Letters & statements (47.9-3) 4. In defence of political prisoners; Releases (47.9-3) * Vladimir Prison On 20 August 1977, on completion of a three-year prison sentence received in Perm Camp 36, Vitold … Continue reading Prisons and camps, April-Nov 1977 (47.9-1)
In the Prisons and Camps, December 1978 (51.9-1)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Directive No. 37 New Rules concerning internal order in penal institutions (CCE 48.10), came into effect on 15 March 1978. They were introduced by Decree No. 37 of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, issued in December 1977. The Decree carries the stamp of the USSR Procurator-General. Like the … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, December 1978 (51.9-1)
Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, 1978 (51.8)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> MOSCOW. On 25 August 1978, Moscow KGB officials, headed by a senior investigator of the Investigations Department, Captain V. S. Semenyuk, conducted a search of the home of Mark Aronovich MOROZOV (CCE 47.15). The decision to conduct a search was authorized by a military procurator. In the decision it … Continue reading Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, 1978 (51.8)
Statements by Political Prisoners, 1977-1978 (48.10)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> Georgy Davydov: “Statement to Chairman of the Constitution Commission, L.I. Brezhnev” (Vladimir Prison, 15 June 1977) Davydov writes that in the draft 1977 Constitution the question of freedom of thought and convictions has again been side-stepped. Mikhail Osadchy: “To the American people, the Senate and US President Carter” The … Continue reading Statements by Political Prisoners, 1977-1978 (48.10)
In Prisons and Camps, March 1978 (48.10-1)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> A Meeting Before Execution Captain (3rd class) V.M. Sablin, under whose command the Baltic Fleet vessel “Headlong” [Stremitelny] tried to defect to Sweden (CCE 43), was sentenced to be shot. On the eve of his execution, he was granted a 20-minute meeting with his father, a retired colonel. The … Continue reading In Prisons and Camps, March 1978 (48.10-1)
In the Prisons and Camps, May 1976 (40.9-1)
<< No 40 : 20 May 1976 >> VLADIMIR PRISON The right to correspond. Since the end of 1975 Zavyalkin, the governor of Vladimir Prison, has taken an active part in supervising the prisoners’ correspondence. From December 1975 stereo-postcards which arrived in letters were not given out. From February 1976 there was an increase in … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, May 1976 (40.9-1)
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