<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> IN THE CRIMEA In the spring of 1978, there were about 700 Crimean Tatar families in the Crimea, living without registration in houses they had bought (CCE 49), Almost all of them had been through the civil courts, which had declared the arrangement of house sales and purchases to … Continue reading The Persecution of Crimean Tatars, Dec. 1978 (51.13)
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Мустафа Джемилев
Mustafa Dzhemilev at Liberty, March 1978 (48.14)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> On 30 November 1977, MUSTAFA DZHEMILEV (CCE 47) was taken from a camp in the Far Eastern Primorsky Region (Krai) by special transport (by air, in handcuffs) to Tashkent in Central Asia, where some of his relatives live. On 22 December, at the end of his term, he was released. … Continue reading Mustafa Dzhemilev at Liberty, March 1978 (48.14)
In Other Prisons and Camps, May-October 1977 (47.9)
«No 47 : 30 November 1977» The Perm Camps On 4 October, the day the Belgrade Conference opened, political prisoners in Camps 35 and 36 held a hunger-strike. It is known that the hunger-strike in Camp 36 lasted a week, about 15 people taking part in it. 30 October, “Political Prisoners’ Day”, was marked by … Continue reading In Other Prisons and Camps, May-October 1977 (47.9)
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 52 : 1 March 1979
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 No 52, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page * [1] The case of the explosion on the [Moscow] underground [8] [2] The … Continue reading No 52 : 1 March 1979
No 53 : 1 August 1979
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 53, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page (1) POLITICAL RELEASES [8] PardonsAn ExchangeThe Departure of Alexander Ginzburg's Family [10] THE TRIALS … Continue reading No 53 : 1 August 1979
“The freight and the groove” (2000)
Prisoners of an old regime ♣ Marjorie Farquharson ♣ (July 2000) When you see what happened to them in the 1990s, the harsh years that some people spent as prisoners in previous decades seemed to be merely a dry-run. Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939-1993) became Georgia’s first freely-elected President after the Soviet Union collapsed, with a mandate … Continue reading “The freight and the groove” (2000)
Tatyana Khodorovich, “No Thought Trials in the USSR”, May 1976 (40.1)
<< No 40 : 20 May 1976 >> Statement by Tatiana Khodorovich At trials in Odessa, Moscow, Omsk and Vilnius, people have again been prosecuted and found guilty of thoughts they have expressed – and even thoughts they have not expressed. Sentences have been passed as follows: Vyacheslav Igrunov – sent to an ordinary psychiatric … Continue reading Tatyana Khodorovich, “No Thought Trials in the USSR”, May 1976 (40.1)
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