<<No 53 : 1 August 1979>> PERM (concluded) Camp 36 The camp ‘Diary’ is still being compiled. * Camp 36 is situated by a river in very marshy surroundings. During this year’s spring floods the camp was inundated — the water came to about knee height. The whole camp was evacuated to a nearby hilltop … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, Aug 1979 (53.19-2)
<<No 38 : 31 December 1975>> Political Prisoners’ Day On 31 October a press-conference took place in Moscow to mark Political Prisoners’ Day in the USSR. This day was first observed a year ago by political prisoners and their families. The participants in the press-conference informed journalists about the draft statute on political prisoners drawn … Continue reading In the Camps and Prisons, Oct-Dec 1975 (38.12-1)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Directive No. 37 New Rules concerning internal order in penal institutions (CCE 48.10), came into effect on 15 March 1978. They were introduced by Decree No. 37 of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, issued in December 1977. The Decree carries the stamp of the USSR Procurator-General. Like the … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, December 1978 (51.9-1)
«No 28 : 31 December 1972» (1) On 13 November 1972, in the Kiev Regional Court, the case of Nikolai Grigorevich PLAKHOTNYUK, a physician aged 36, was heard in absentia. Plakhotnyuk was arrested on 14 January 1972 at the apartment of D. Shumuk. In the summer, an expert examination was conducted at the Serbsky Institute, … Continue reading Repression in Ukraine, December 1972 (28.7)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> FATHER VASYL ROMANYUK Vasyl Romanyuk: To the Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Father Vasyl Romanyuk (Mordovian Camp 1) declares that he has always considered himself a member of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. He asks for a foreign lawyer to be found for himself, and for help in … Continue reading Political Prisoners’ Statements, 1978 (49.8-2)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> Georgy Davydov: “Statement to Chairman of the Constitution Commission, L.I. Brezhnev” (Vladimir Prison, 15 June 1977) Davydov writes that in the draft 1977 Constitution the question of freedom of thought and convictions has again been side-stepped. Mikhail Osadchy: “To the American people, the Senate and US President Carter” The … Continue reading Statements by Political Prisoners, 1977-1978 (48.10)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> A Meeting Before Execution Captain (3rd class) V.M. Sablin, under whose command the Baltic Fleet vessel “Headlong” [Stremitelny] tried to defect to Sweden (CCE 43), was sentenced to be shot. On the eve of his execution, he was granted a 20-minute meeting with his father, a retired colonel. The … Continue reading In Prisons and Camps, March 1978 (48.10-1)
<< No 25 : 20 May 1972 >> MOSCOW On 20 April 1972 the arrest took place of the store-keeper of the Institute of Psychology of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, Pyotr Petrovich STARCHIK (b. 1937). He has two children: the elder is 6, the younger 10 months. The investigation into his case is being … Continue reading Searches, Interrogations, Arrests, 1972 (25.2)
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