<<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)
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The Persecution of Believers in Lithuania (25.7)
<<No 25 : 20 May 1972>> Amongst cases of the infringement of believers' rights mentioned in “the Memorandum of the Catholics of Lithuania” [note 1] (see CCE 24.6) is the dismissal of O. Briliene, a schoolmistress and believer, by the Vilkaviskis district department of public education. In October 1969, the headmaster of a high school … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers in Lithuania (25.7)
The trial of Nekipelov, May 1974 (32.4)
<<No 32 : 17 July 1974>> In May 1974, the Vladimir Regional Court examined the case of V. A. Nekipelov charged under Article 190-1 of the RSFSR Criminal Code (for search and interrogations of Nekipelov in the Myuge case, and for his arrest, see CCE 29). Victor Alexandrovich NEKIPELOV was born in 1928; he has … Continue reading The trial of Nekipelov, May 1974 (32.4)
The Trial of Nazaryan, 15 November to 1 December 1978 (51.1)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 1 December 1978, the Supreme Court of the Armenian SS R sentenced Robert Nazaryan (b. 1948) under Article 65 of the Armenian Criminal Code (equivalent to Article 70 of the Russian Code) to 5 years in strict-regime camps and 2 years’ exile (the Procurator had asked for 6 … Continue reading The Trial of Nazaryan, 15 November to 1 December 1978 (51.1)
Letters and Statements, May 1978 (49.19)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> 1. 110 signatures: “To all the citizens of our country, to all honest people abroad” (March 1978) A protest against the deprivation of Soviet citizenship of P. G. Grigorenko (CCE 48.1), ending with the appeal: We appeal to all our compatriots, to all rational and honest people of the world, … Continue reading Letters and Statements, May 1978 (49.19)
Discussion of the Draft Constitution in Georgia (49.17)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> On 24 March 1978, the republic newspaper Dawn of the East published the Constitution of the Georgian SSR. Article 75 of the draft runs: “The Georgian SSR provides for the use of the Georgian language in state and public organs, cultural and other institutions, and takes all possible care about … Continue reading Discussion of the Draft Constitution in Georgia (49.17)
The Persecution of Believers, 1978 (49.14)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> Pentecostals, Baptists, "From the pages of the Soviet Press" Pentecostals In March, the Muscovite Anatoly Vlasov (CCEs 46, 47) sent a statement to the KGB attached to the Council of Ministers of the Belorussian SSR, demanding the return of his property (13 objects), confiscated from him during a search on … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers, 1978 (49.14)
No 46 : 15 August 1977
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 46, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page. TRIALS 1. The Trial of Malva Landa [9] 2. The Trial of Iosif Begun [12] … Continue reading No 46 : 15 August 1977
A Chronicle of Current Events 