<<No 54 : 15 November 1979>> GERMANS Artur Marsal and his wife Nina, who live in Dushanbe, have been trying for three years to obtain permission to emigrate to West Germany, On 7 April they sent a statement to Shchelokov complaining about the OVIR office of the Tajikistan MVD and remarking that the number of … Continue reading The Right to Leave, Nov 1979 (54.20-2)
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The Right to Leave, August 1979 (53.25-2)
<<No 53 : 1 August 1979>> JEWS Several letters have been sent to the US Congress by Jewish refuseniks who are activists in the movement for emigration. In reply to statements by American officials claiming that the emigration policy of the Soviet government has become significantly more lenient (statements based on the increase in the … Continue reading The Right to Leave, August 1979 (53.25-2)
Letters and Statements, Dec 1976 (43.17)
<< No. 43 : 31 December 1976 >> Letter from Soviet scientists (20 signatures): To the scientists of the world’ ‘Dear colleagues! ‘By this letter we wish to draw your attention to the tragic fate of the biologist Sergei Kovalyov. We want scientists to have a clear idea of the position that people who dare … Continue reading Letters and Statements, Dec 1976 (43.17)
Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, Oct 1976 (42.3)
<<No 42 : 8 October 1976>> Slogans in Leningrad On 6 April, the day when Tverdokhlebov’s trial should have taken place but did not (CCE 40), three trams came out of the tram depot bearing the following inscriptions on their sides: ‘Freedom for political prisoners!', ‘Freedom for Andrei Tverdokhlebov! ‘ On 7 April similar slogans … Continue reading Arrests, Searches, Interrogations, Oct 1976 (42.3)
German Emigration Movement, Aug 1976 (41.10)
<<No 41 : 3 August 1976>> In April and May 1976 about 600 Germans living in Kazakhstan and Kirgizia declared in writing their renunciation of Soviet citizenship and appealed for support in the matter of their repatriation to Chancellor Schmidt of the Federal Republic of Germany. After this about 200 people handed in their passports … Continue reading German Emigration Movement, Aug 1976 (41.10)
The Right to Leave, March 1977 (44.24)
<< No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> Germans In 1975 in the Karaganda Region three men were convicted under Article 170-1 (Kazakh SSR Criminal Code = Article 190-1 of the RSFSR Code): Valentin Vins and Anton Vinshu received 3 years each, and L. Vinshu received one year. In September 1976 Genrikh Reimer (CCEs 41, … Continue reading The Right to Leave, March 1977 (44.24)
The Right to Leave, Aug 1977 (46.9)
<<No 46 : 15 August 1977>> In January 1977 the Chudnovsky family from Kiev applied for permission to emigrate to join their relatives in Israel. In April this was refused, without any explanations. They received no reply to their many appeals to State and Party authorities. The head of the family is Professor Volf Grigorevich … Continue reading The Right to Leave, Aug 1977 (46.9)
The Right to Leave, May 1977 (45.15)
<<No 45 : 25 May 1977>> The Moscow Helsinki Group has made public Document No. 20, “On the Violation of the Right of Citizens to Emigrate,” [note 1] signed by Malva Landa, Elena Bonner, Naum Meiman and Vladimir Slepak. After a description of the general situation, it describes concrete cases of the violation of the … Continue reading The Right to Leave, May 1977 (45.15)