After Release (49.11)

<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> On 23 September 1977 Ivan Kandyba, a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, was placed under administrative surveillance for a further six months (CCE 47). In November Kandyba sent a complaint to the Ukrainian SSR Procurator’s Office concerning the illegal prolongation of the surveillance order. A month later he received … Continue reading After Release (49.11)

Hunger Strikes by Political Prisoners, January 1972 (23.3)

<<No 23 : 5 January 1972>> DUBROVLAG  [see Map 3] (Potma, Mordovskaya ASSR) On 1 May 1971 Yu. [P.] Fyodorov, who is serving a fifteen-year term in connection with the Leningrad “aeroplane” case [see CCE 17.6], declared a week-long hunger-strike in protest against his sentence and against the lack of any reaction to his appeals … Continue reading Hunger Strikes by Political Prisoners, January 1972 (23.3)