<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> In May 1972 there appeared in samizdat an open letter, whose authors are concerned about the fate of K. Lyubarsky, V. Chornovil, I. Svitlychny. D. Shumuk and L. Plyushch (see CCE 24.3 and CCE 25.2), who were arrested in January 1972, and others. The letter talks of the protracted … Continue reading Letters and Documents (26.15)
Tag: Article 209*
The Trial of Begun, May-June 1977 (46.2)
<<No 46 : 15 August 1977>> On 6 May the trial of Josif Begun, arrested on 3 March (CCE 44), was put off until 27 May, but in fact it opened on 18 May (CCE 45), The pattern was then repeated: on 18 May the trial was put off until 8 June (CCE 45 erred … Continue reading The Trial of Begun, May-June 1977 (46.2)
The Trial of Begun, 28 June 1978 (50.8-5)
<<No. 50 : November 1978>> Candidate of Technical Sciences Josif Ziselevich BEGUN (b. 1933) has been a refusenik since 1971, He is an activist of the Jewish emigration movement. In 1977 Begun was sentenced under Article 209, part 1, of the Russian Criminal Code (“leading a parasitic way of life for a prolonged period”) to … Continue reading The Trial of Begun, 28 June 1978 (50.8-5)
The Trial of Pyotr Vins, April 1978 (49.4)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> On 6 April the people’s court of the Podolsky district in Kiev sentenced a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, Pyotr Vins (b. 1956), under Article 214 of the Ukraine SSR Criminal Code ("leading during a long period of time of a parasitic way of life") to one year in … Continue reading The Trial of Pyotr Vins, April 1978 (49.4)
The Trial of Grigory Goldstein, 20 March 1978 (49.2)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> On 20 March the People’s Court of the Lenin district in Tbilisi examined the case of Grigory Goldstein, a member of the Georgian Helsinki Group (for the beginning of the case see CCE 48.4). Judge Nakashidze presided over the court. Grigory Abramovich Goldstein was charged under article 234, part 1, … Continue reading The Trial of Grigory Goldstein, 20 March 1978 (49.2)
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