<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> TWO SECTIONS 1 Gamsakhurdia, Kostava and Rtskhiladze. On 25 January 1978, Victor Rtskhiladze was re-arrested [1]. He was first arrested in April 1977 together with Zviad Gamsakhurdia and Merab Kostava, but released four days later after signing an undertaking not to leave Tbilisi (CCE 45.9). Gamsakhurdia and Kostova (1970s) … Continue reading Suppress Helsinki Groups: Georgia, 1977-8 (48.5)
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Suppress Helsinki Groups: Armenia, ’77-78 (48.6)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> AN ARREST AND A TRIAL: NAZARYAN & SHAGEN ARUTYUNYAN. The morning of 22 December 1977 saw the start of a major operation against the Armenian Helsinki Group (CCE 46.15 [13]). Group members Robert Nazaryan, a deacon of the Armenian Apostolic church, and Shagen Arutyunyan, a manual worker, were arrested … Continue reading Suppress Helsinki Groups: Armenia, ’77-78 (48.6)