<<No 34 : 31 December 1974>> An ‘adoption group' of the international non-government organization ‘Amnesty International’ has been set up in the Soviet Union. The aim of the organization ‘Amnesty International’ is to aid people whose freedom is restricted in contravention of Articles 5, 9, 18 and 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, … Continue reading News in Brief, Dec 1974 (34.18)
Tag: Judge Dyshel*
Trials in Ukraine, January-April 1973 (29.5)
<<No 29 : 31 July 1973>> 1. Ivan Dzyuba, 11-16 March 1973 From 11 to 16 March the Kiev Regional Court heard the case of the critic and literary historian Ivan Mikhailovich Dzyuba,[note 1] indicted under Article 62 of the Ukrainian criminal code (Article 70 of the RSFSR code). Representatives of the institutions where Dzyuba … Continue reading Trials in Ukraine, January-April 1973 (29.5)
Repression in Ukraine, December 1972 (28.7)
«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)
Repression in Ukraine, June-September 1972 (27.1-1)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> From June to September 1972 trials took place of participants in the national and democratic movement in Ukraine. The prosecution's case was based chiefly on samizdat and occasionally on verbal utterances. The article of indictment was Article 62 (Ukrainian Criminal Code = Article 70 of RSFSR Criminal Code). The … Continue reading Repression in Ukraine, June-September 1972 (27.1-1)
Marinovich & Matusevich on trial, March 1978 (49.3)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> From 22 to 27 March 1978, the Kiev Regional Assizes Court in Vasilkov (Kiev Region) examined the case of Ukrainian Helsinki Group members Miroslav MARINOVICH and Nikolai MATUSEVICH. Both were charged under Article 62, pt. 1 (Ukrainian Criminal Code = Article 70, RSFSR Code); Matusevich was additionally charged under Article … Continue reading Marinovich & Matusevich on trial, March 1978 (49.3)
The Trial of Georgy Vins, 27-31 January 1975 (35.3)
«No 35 : 31 March 1975» KIEV The court building was guarded by a detachment of police. Entrance was by special pass only. A group of religious believers were pushed back to the other side of the street. Georgy Vins, 1928-1998 The defendant was Georgy Petrovich VINS (b. 1928), Secretary of the Council of Churches … Continue reading The Trial of Georgy Vins, 27-31 January 1975 (35.3)
The Case of Leonid Plyushch, July 1973 (29.6)
<<No 29 : 31 July 1973>> The case of Leonid Plyushch was tried by the Kiev Regional Court on 25-29 January 1973. The judge was Dyshel. The case was heard behind closed doors, with the accused not present. According to the Chronicle's information, none of the officially appointed psychiatrists was present in court. The defence … Continue reading The Case of Leonid Plyushch, July 1973 (29.6)
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