VLADIMIR PRISON The right to correspond. Since the end of 1975 Zavyalkin, the governor of Vladimir Prison, has taken an active part in supervising the prisoners’ correspondence. From December 1975 stereo-postcards which arrived in letters were not given out. From February 1976 there was an increase in the number of incoming and outgoing letters being … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, May 1976 (40.9)
Tag: Bukovsky V.K.*
Владимир К. Буковский
Vladimir Bukovsky, 1942-2019
Belebei (USSR), 30 December 1942 — Cambridge (UK), 27 October 2019. Vladimir BUKOVSKY died of cardiac arrest in Addenbrookes Hospital, in Cambridge, England at 9:30 pm (Greenwich Mean Time) on Sunday, 27 October 2019. He was 76. His health had been poor in recent years. After his expulsion from the USSR in December 1976, he … Continue reading Vladimir Bukovsky, 1942-2019
No 38 : 31 December 1975
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF 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 37-39, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** (1) Sakharov's friends and enemies (2) Before the trials of Kovalyov and … Continue reading No 38 : 31 December 1975
Chronology: Dec. 1976 to March 1977 (44.1)
<<No 44 : 16 March 1977>> December 197618Exchange of Vladimir Bukovsky and Luis Corvalan24Searches among members of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group25Psychiatric arrest of Vladimir Borisov (Leningrad) January 19774Searches among members of Moscow Helsinki Group TASS announcement of link between Helsinki Group and NTS5Creation of the Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes Yury Mnyukh … Continue reading Chronology: Dec. 1976 to March 1977 (44.1)
“Bukovsky Day”, 29 March 1975 (35.8)
<<No 35 : 31 March 1975>> 29 March 1975 was marked in the USSR and abroad as “Vladimir Bukovsky Day”. On this day many Soviet citizens made statements in defence of Bukovsky. [1] Four years ago Vladimir Bukovsky was thrown into prison. He is only 32 years old today, yet this was already his fourth … Continue reading “Bukovsky Day”, 29 March 1975 (35.8)
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)
The Trial of Bukovsky, Nov. 1971 to January 1972 (23.1)
<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> [Appeals and Statements] In a letter of 26 November 1971 [64] addressed to the Fifth International Congress of Psychiatrists in Mexico, the Action Group for Human Rights in the USSR announced its support "for the appeal and proposals of the Committee for Human Rights [CCE 22.7, item 5]. which … Continue reading The Trial of Bukovsky, Nov. 1971 to January 1972 (23.1)
The Investigation into the Case of V. Bukovsky, September 1971 (21.5)
«No 21 : 11 September 1971» (On Bukovsky's arrest, see CCE 19.1) On 29 June N.I. Bukovskaya submitted a protest to R. A. Rudenko, USSR Procurator-General, against the violation of the right to a defence in the case of her son V. Bukovsky; the violation consisted in the unexplained refusal of the Moscow City Procurator … Continue reading The Investigation into the Case of V. Bukovsky, September 1971 (21.5)
The Arrest of Bukovsky, 29 March 1971 (19.1)
<<No 19 : 30 April 1971>> On 29 March 1971 Vladimir Bukovsky was arrested by the Moscow Region KGB. He was charged under Article 70 of the Russian Criminal Code and placed in Lefortovo prison. A search of Bukovsky's flat was carried out in his absence (Bukovsky was driven away, questioned, detained and – two … Continue reading The Arrest of Bukovsky, 29 March 1971 (19.1)
Materials concerning the forthcoming International Congress of Psychiatrists, 16 September 1971 (22.3)
<< No 22 : 10 November 1971 >> [1] On 16 September 1971 the English newspaper The Times printed a letter signed by Professor F. A. Jenner and other English psychiatrists (44 signatures in all) on the subject of V. Bukovsky’s appeal to Western psychiatrists, which was published in The Times on 12 March. V. … Continue reading Materials concerning the forthcoming International Congress of Psychiatrists, 16 September 1971 (22.3)
The Case of Vladimir Bukovsky, November 1971 (22.2)
«No 22 : 10 November 1971» In connection with the transfer of Vladimir Bukovsky (on his arrest, CCE 19.1) to the Serbsky Institute for [psychiatric] examination [CCE 21.5], a group of his friends and acquaintances has addressed an Open Letter [3] to the Director of the Serbsky Institute and to the World Health Organisation. The … Continue reading The Case of Vladimir Bukovsky, November 1971 (22.2)
The case of Bukovsky, March 1972 (24.1)
<<No 24 : 5 March 1972>> On 5 January 1972 the Moscow City Court passed sentence on Vladimir Bukovsky (see Chronicle 23.1). [Note 1, see Commentary] For Soviet readers the only official source of information on the trial of Vladimir Bukovsky was an article by A. Yurov and L. Kolesov, “Biography of villainy”, in the … Continue reading The case of Bukovsky, March 1972 (24.1)
Commentary No 18 (April 1971)
No 18 : 5 March 1971 18.1 POLITICAL PRISONERS IN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS The Russian text of one of Zinaida Grigorenko's letters, dated 11 February, and addressed to "The World Mental Health Society", is in Possev 5, 1971, pp 5-6. English extracts were published in The Observer, 2 May 1971. Chernyshov appeal. Russian text in Possev … Continue reading Commentary No 18 (April 1971)
Statements by Vladimir Bukovsky, June 1970 (14.4)
«No 14 : 30 June 1970» [1] Open letter to Mikis Theodorakis The addressee is the well-known Greek composer who was recently released from detention and is now in France. At the beginning of 1970 the author of the letter returned from the camps (CCE 12.9, item 22). We give here its partially abridged text. … Continue reading Statements by Vladimir Bukovsky, June 1970 (14.4)
News in brief, February 1970 (12.9)
«No 12 : 28 February 1970» [1] TASHKENT. Seidomet Khalibayev was arrested at the end of December 1969 under Article 190-1 [Article 194-1 in Uzbek SSR Criminal Code]. Earlier served a sentence in connection with the case of Yury Osmanov. [2] Nuri Abduraimov. Born 1940, arrested 8 January 1970 in the town of Yangiyul, Uzbek … Continue reading News in brief, February 1970 (12.9)
News in brief, December 1968 (5.4)
<<No 5 : 31 December 1968>> [1] In the Crimea there are periodic police raids on Tatars who have returned home. On 15 July 1968, eleven Crimean Tatar families were brutally manhandled at the 'Bolshevik' state farm in the Krasnogvardeisky (Red Guard) district. Since the publication of the decree of 5 September 1967, only eighteen … Continue reading News in brief, December 1968 (5.4)
