<<No 53 : 1 August 1979>> Despite persecution, the Action Group to Defend the Rights of the Disabled in the USSR is continuing its activity (CCE51 & CCE 52). * On 28 December 1978 KGB officials went to see not only group member Valery Fefelov (CCE52), but also his parents, to try to persuade them … Continue reading Defending the Disabled, Aug 1979 (53.26)
Tag: Disabled Action Group*
Инициативная группа защиты прав инвалидов в СССР
Defending the Disabled, March 1979 (52.13)
<<No 52 : 1 March 1979>> The Action Group to Defend the Rights of the Disabled in the USSR (CCE 51) is continuing its activities. * Document No. 4 (20 October 1978), addressed to the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, the International Red Cross and the UN Commission for the Defence of Human Rights, … Continue reading Defending the Disabled, March 1979 (52.13)
Samizdat update, Aug 1979-March 1980 (56.28)
<<No. 56 : 30 April 1980>> [1] G. Pomerants: “My Interlocutor Viktor Sokirko” (March 1980, 9 pp.) “... Obviously, any alarming idea is tendentious: it suggests something, calls something into question. Sokirko was never an extremist. He even wrote a letter defending conformism, opposing escape into an inner exile and favouring dialogue with the government … Continue reading Samizdat update, Aug 1979-March 1980 (56.28)
Samizdat Update, April-August 1980 (57.25)
<<No 57 : 3 August 1980>> [1] A. Belyakov: “The Russian Tradition” (10 pages) An article on drunkenness, largely based on official statistics. [2] A. Belyakov: “Some Aspects of Our Economy and the Problems of Automating Management” (39 pages) This article is divided into two sections. Section one describes the introduction of automatic control systems … Continue reading Samizdat Update, April-August 1980 (57.25)
Persecution of Disabled Action Group, 1980 (57.5)
<<No 57 : 3 August 1980>> On 1 April 1980, Valery FEFYOLOV, a member of the Action Group to Defend the Rights of the Disabled in the USSR (CCE 51.17), was issued a “warning in accordance with the Decree”[note 1]. * On 17 May the Yuryev-Polsky district newspaper For Communism published an exposé, “Whatever Do … Continue reading Persecution of Disabled Action Group, 1980 (57.5)
Defending the Disabled, May-Oct 1978 (51.17)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 20 May 1978, Yury KISELYOV (Moscow), Valery FEFYOLOV (Yurev-Polsky, Vladimir Region) and Faizula KHUSAINOVA (Chistopol, Tatar ASSR), all disabled people (Group 1) either with paralysed legs or without both legs, announced that they had formed an Action Group to Defend the Rights of the Disabled in the USSR. … Continue reading Defending the Disabled, May-Oct 1978 (51.17)
Moral resistance, then & now (London, May 2019)
Veteran human rights campaigner Lena SANNIKOVA will speak at Pushkin House, London, on Tuesday, 14 May, at 7 pm about political prisoners in Putin's Russia and the Soviet Union and the many other opponents and victims of both regimes Elena Sannikova at the Sakharov Centre (May 2008) ♦ Over the past ten years, the level … Continue reading Moral resistance, then & now (London, May 2019)
No 60 : 31 December 1980
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Two of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 59-61, see below) are given to the right of the items in this Contents page in [square] brackets * (1) STATEMENT Chronicle 59 (confiscated by KGB); turnover … Continue reading No 60 : 31 December 1980
A Chronicle of Current Events 