<<No 30 : 31 December 1973>> On 9 July 1973 the HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE in Moscow published an official statement which is quoted here in full: “We have learned that the International Congress of Psychotherapists in Oslo ruled against passing any resolution condemning the use of psychiatric hospitalization as a means of political repression in … Continue reading In the Psychiatric Hospitals, December 1973 (30.9)
Tag: Borisov V.Ye. (Leningrad)*
Владимир Е. Борисов
In the Psychiatric Hospitals, October 1972 (27.6)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> In accordance with instructions from Moscow, political prisoners in the Leningrad Special Psychiatric Hospital [SPH] are being transferred to other establishments of the same type in towns where they have no relatives, thus restricting the opportunities for meetings and handing in parcels. * Those transferred to the Dnepropetrovsk SPH … Continue reading In the Psychiatric Hospitals, October 1972 (27.6)
No 42 : 8 October 1976
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Few of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 40-42, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page [*] 1. Sent to Hospital for his Songs [Pyotr Starchik] [110] 2. The Case … Continue reading No 42 : 8 October 1976
No 43 : 31 December 1976
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Many of the reports in this issue have not yet been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 43-45, see below) are given next to the other items in this Contents page [*] (1) The Release of Vladimir Bukovsky "A Victory for the … Continue reading No 43 : 31 December 1976
No 44 : 16 March 1977
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Several of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 43-45, see below) are given next to the other items in this Contents page. (1) A Chronological Summary REPRISALS AGAINST THE HELSINKI GROUPS [55] 2.1 Searches in … Continue reading No 44 : 16 March 1977
No 57 : 3 August 1980
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Some of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE No 57, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page. (1) The trial of Vladimir Poresh (Leningrad) [8] (2) PERSECUTION OF THE MOSCOW HELSINKI … Continue reading No 57 : 3 August 1980
The Hunger Strike of Fainberg and Borisov, March 1972 (24.4)
<<No 24 : 5 March 1972>> In the Leningrad psychiatric prison-hospital the plight of Victor Fainberg and Vladimir Borisov, who declared a second hunger strike on 26 December 1971 (CCE 23.4), has sharply deteriorated. On 3 January Fainberg began to be given injections of aminazin [similar to chlorpromazine]; he attempted to commit suicide, whereupon an … Continue reading The Hunger Strike of Fainberg and Borisov, March 1972 (24.4)
Renewal of Fainberg and Borisov’s Hunger-Strike, December 1971 (23.4)
<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> Victor Fainberg and Vladimir Borisov, who are in the Leningrad Special Psychiatric Hospital, declared a new hunger-strike on 26 December 1971 (on their previous hunger-strike see CCE 19.3 and CCE 22.8, item 14). Victor Fainberg, b. 1931 Between 20 and 26 December 1971 Fainberg appealed to the USSR Minister … Continue reading Renewal of Fainberg and Borisov’s Hunger-Strike, December 1971 (23.4)
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