<<No 42 : 8 October 1976>> KIEV. 29 September was the anniversary of the shootings at Baby Yar. Jewish activists from various towns in the Soviet Union decided to commemorate the day in Kiev by placing wreaths on the war memorial. The Kiev activists had earlier been summoned by the city’s Party committee and told … Continue reading News in Brief, Oct 1976 (42.9)
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The Right to Leave, November 1977 (47.8-4)
«No 47 : 30 November 1977» * Introduction (47.8-1) Pentecostalists (47.8-2) Those who have left (47.8-3) The Jewish Movement (47.8-4) * The Jewish Movement On 21 September 1977 Igor and Yanella Gudz were received by Colonel Danilov, head of reception at the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). They tried to find out why they … Continue reading The Right to Leave, November 1977 (47.8-4)
News in Brief, May 1972 (25.10)
<< No 25 : 20 May 1972 >> [1] As CCE 24.11 (item 6) reported, in March 16 prisoners in Leningrad Region’s corrective-labour colony 6 (Obukhovo rail station, Leningrad Region) refused to eat and sewed up their mouths in protest at the conditions of their confinement. Following an investigation, the camp commandant was removed from … Continue reading News in Brief, May 1972 (25.10)
Repression in Ukraine, 1972 (27.1-2)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> Arrests In Kiev two staff-members of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Philosophy Yevhen LISOVY and Vasyl PRONYUK, both aged about 30, have been arrested [note 1]. Lisovy had written a letter to the Ukrainian Central Committee and the KGB protesting about the increasing repressions in the Ukraine. … Continue reading Repression in Ukraine, 1972 (27.1-2)
News in Brief, November 1971 (22.8)
<<No 22 : 10 November 1971>> [1] On 27 January 1971 Ostap Pastukh, a teacher of Ukrainian language and literature, was arrested in the village of Petrichi in the Busk District of the Lvov Region. The following is known of O. Pastukh: he is about 40, a graduate of the Philology Faculty of Lvov University; … Continue reading News in Brief, November 1971 (22.8)
News in brief, Aug 1969 (9.10)
«No 9 : 31 August 1969» [1] On 26 August Anatoly MARCHENKO was sentenced under Article 190 (RSFSR Criminal Code) to a new term of imprisonment: two years. The trial took place in the settlement of Nyrob, Perm Region, within the camp zone. The witnesses were prisoners convicted of serious crimes or as habitual criminals, … Continue reading News in brief, Aug 1969 (9.10)