The mid-1980s were marked by the deaths of several dissenters as a result of the treatment meted out in the Soviet penal service's maximum-security facilities: -- Valery MARCHENKO in 1984 (Haass Hospital, Leningrad); -- Vasyl STUS in 1985 (Perm 36); -- Anatoly MARCHENKO in 1986 (Chistopol Prison). In all three cases it is clear there … Continue reading Death of a Dissenter
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Soviet Dissent & “Index on Censorship”
«Other related documents and texts» * A LETTER FROM MOSCOW (8 August 1968) The original impetus for the creation of the "Index on Censorship" magazine came from an Open Letter addressed "To World Public Opinion" by two Soviet dissenters, Pavel Litvinov and Larissa Bogoraz. Describing "the atmosphere of illegality" surrounding the January 1968 trial of … Continue reading Soviet Dissent & “Index on Censorship”
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