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Виктор Файнберг

In the Psychiatric Hospitals, October 1972 (27.6)

<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> In accordance with instructions from Moscow, political prisoners in the Leningrad Special Psychiatric Hospital [SPH] are being transferred to other establishments of the same type in towns where they have no relatives, thus restricting the opportunities for meetings and handing in parcels. * Those transferred to the Dnepropetrovsk SPH … Continue reading In the Psychiatric Hospitals, October 1972 (27.6)

Political Prisoners in Psychiatric Hospitals, 1972 (26.5)

<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> Vladimir llych TRIFONOV (b. 1938, Kalinin Region, Central Russia). In 1966 Trifonov was studying at the physics faculty of the Kalinin Pedagogical Institute. He frequently argued with teachers in the department of political economy. As a result, a psychiatric examination was arranged for him. The examination lasted five minutes, … Continue reading Political Prisoners in Psychiatric Hospitals, 1972 (26.5)

Fainberg & Borisov’s Hunger Strike, March 1972 (24.4)

<<No 24 : 5 March 1972>> In the Leningrad psychiatric prison-hospital the plight of Victor FAINBERG and Vladimir BORISOV, who declared a second hunger strike on 26 December 1971 (CCE 23.4), has sharply deteriorated. On 3 January 1972, Fainberg began to be given injections of aminazin [similar to chlorpromazine]. He attempted to commit suicide, whereupon … Continue reading Fainberg & Borisov’s Hunger Strike, March 1972 (24.4)

Renewal of Fainberg & Borisov’s Hunger-Strike, Dec 1971 (23.4)

<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> Victor Fainberg and Vladimir Borisov, who are in the Leningrad Special Psychiatric Hospital, declared a new hunger-strike on 26 December 1971 (on their previous hunger-strike see CCE 19.3 and CCE 22.8, item 14). Victor Fainberg, b. 1931 Between 20 and 26 December 1971 Fainberg appealed to the USSR Minister … Continue reading Renewal of Fainberg & Borisov’s Hunger-Strike, Dec 1971 (23.4)