<<No 30 : 31 December 1973>> To protest against the grounds on which they had been forbidden to leave the USSR, seven Moscow scientists met at the home of Alexander Lunts (Moscow, 15 Garibaldi Street, building 2, flat 76) on 10 June 1973 to commence a hunger strike that lasted many days. In denying these … Continue reading Activities of Soviet Jews, June to September 1973 (30.12)
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Samizdat update, May 1972 (25.11)
<< No 25 : 20 May 1972 >> [1] Social Issues, No. 15 (January-February 1972). The collection consists of three sections. Section One ("Law") contains a translation of an article entitled "Collective Rights and Collective Action under English Law” [author, T.C. Daintith] and a letter from V. Chalidze to the Chairman of the International League … Continue reading Samizdat update, May 1972 (25.11)
The Trial of Alexander Feldman, 23 November 1973 (30.5)
<< No 30 : 31 December 1973 >> On 18 October 1973, Alexander Dmitrievich FELDMAN was arrested in Kiev on a charge of hooliganism. The following day his flat was searched (by a search party equipped with its own key). Feldman himself was not present at the search, during which the following items were confiscated: … Continue reading The Trial of Alexander Feldman, 23 November 1973 (30.5)
Outside the Moscow Synagogue, 29 March 1972 (25.8)
<<No 25 : 20 May 1972>> On 29 March 1972 Jews who had gathered outside the Moscow synagogue were dispersed by police and “people’s vigilantes” [druzhinniki]. That evening, the eve of Passover, there were several bus- and carloads of policemen in the vicinity of the synagogue building. For half a day a fence was erected … Continue reading Outside the Moscow Synagogue, 29 March 1972 (25.8)
Repression in Ukraine, pt. 2 (27.1)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> Arrests In Kiev two staff-members of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Philosophy Yevhen Lisovy and Vasyl Pronyuk (aged about 30), have been arrested [note 1]. Lisovy had written a letter to the Ukrainian Central Committee and the KGB protesting about the increasing repressions in the Ukraine. The … Continue reading Repression in Ukraine, pt. 2 (27.1)
In Defence of Davidovich, 1975-1976 (39.4)
<< No 39 : 12 March 1976 >> On 9 May 1975, at 12 noon, on the thirtieth anniversary of the victory over German fascism, a Jewish anti-fascist meeting took place in Minsk. War veterans, former partisans and young people gathered in the former ghetto district. About five hundred people were present, including Jews from … Continue reading In Defence of Davidovich, 1975-1976 (39.4)
Religion in the USSR, A Lecture by Vasily Furov, May 1976 (41.2)
At the end of May 1976, staff working on the Large Soviet Encyclopaedia heard a lecture on the situation of religion in the Soviet Union by a visiting speaker, [Vasily] Furov, deputy-chairman of the Council for Religious Affairs (USSR Council of Ministers). In general, religious life in the USSR was in decline, the speaker said, … Continue reading Religion in the USSR, A Lecture by Vasily Furov, May 1976 (41.2)
No 45 : 25 May 1977
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Some of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 43-45, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page. TRIALS (1) The Trial of Anton Pype [123] (2) The Trial of Volkov and … Continue reading No 45 : 25 May 1977
A Chronicle of Current Events 