<<No 46 : 15 August 1977>> On 6 May the trial of Josif Begun, arrested on 3 March (CCE 44.14), was put off until 27 May, but in fact it opened on 18 May (CCE 45.16). 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)
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The Trial of Josif Begun, June 1978 (50.8-5)
<<No. 50 : November 1978>> Cand.Sc. (Technical Sciences) Josif Ziselevich BEGUN (b. 1933) has been a refusenik since 1971. He is an activist of the Jewish emigration movement [1]. In 1977 Begun was sentenced to two years’ exile under Article 209, pt. 1 (RSFSR Criminal Code: “leading a parasitic way of life for a prolonged … Continue reading The Trial of Josif Begun, June 1978 (50.8-5)
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