<<No 36 : 31 May 1975>> On 18 April 1975 searches were carried out at the homes of Valentin Turchin, chairman of the Soviet Amnesty International group, and at those of Amnesty group-members Vladimir Albrekht (Moscow) and Mykola Rudenko (Kiev). The searches took place in connection with case number 41045/48-75. No information was given as … Continue reading The Eighteenth of April, 1975 (36.2)
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The Arrest of Andrei Tverdokhlebov, 18 April 1975 (36.1)
<<No 36 : 31 May 1975>> On 18 April 1975 Andrei Tverdokhlebov, an active participant in the human rights movement, was arrested in Moscow. The arrest was carried out by the Moscow procurator’s office. Tverdokhlebov is charged under Article 190-1 of the RSFSR Criminal Code. The investigation is headed by Senior Investigator Gusev of the … Continue reading The Arrest of Andrei Tverdokhlebov, 18 April 1975 (36.1)
“The freight and the groove” (2000)
Prisoners of an old regime ♣ Marjorie Farquharson ♣ (July 2000) When you see what happened to them in the 1990s, the harsh years that some people spent as prisoners in previous decades seemed to be merely a dry-run. Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939-1993) became Georgia’s first freely-elected President after the Soviet Union collapsed, with a mandate … Continue reading “The freight and the groove” (2000)
Before the Trials of Kovalyov and Tverdokhlebov, March-October 1975 (38.2)
<<No 38 : 31 December 1975>> The publishing house Khronika Press has issued a volume In Defence of Sergei Kovalyov (New York, 1975), which contains a short biography of Kovalyov and two letters: one from Yury Golfand, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (27 March 1975) and the other from George Wald of Harvard University’s … Continue reading Before the Trials of Kovalyov and Tverdokhlebov, March-October 1975 (38.2)
The Trial of Zviad Gamsakhurdia and Merab Kostava, 15-19 May 1978 (50.2)
<<No 50 : November 1978>> From 15 to 19 May the Tbilisi City Court heard the case of Zviad Gamsakhurdia and Merab Kostava. The two men were charged with “anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda” (Article 71 of the Georgian Criminal Code [equivalent to Article 70 of the Russian Code]). The court was presided over by A. … Continue reading The Trial of Zviad Gamsakhurdia and Merab Kostava, 15-19 May 1978 (50.2)
Samizdat Update, December 1973 (30.15)
<<Nos 28-30 : 31 May 1974>> The third issue of Amnesty International [Russian section] carries an announcement that the editors intend to make it a regular publication. Below the Chronicle lists the contents of the first three issues.[a] [1] Amnesty International, No. 1 (Compiled by A. Tverdokhlebov and V. Arkhangelsky) From the Editors PART I … Continue reading Samizdat Update, December 1973 (30.15)
The Release of Bukovsky, 18 December 1976 (43.1)
<< No 43 : 31 December 1976 >> In September (?) of this year, the Danish Committee for the Sakharov Hearings proposed to the Soviet and Chilean authorities that they should simultaneously release Vladimir Bukovsky and Luis Corvalan from imprisonment. * V. Bukovsky was arrested in March 1971 and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment and … Continue reading The Release of Bukovsky, 18 December 1976 (43.1)
