<<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 Letters and Statements by Political Prisoners, 1977-1978 (48.10)
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In the Prisons and Camps, May 1976 (40.9)
VLADIMIR PRISON The right to correspond. Since the end of 1975 Zavyalkin, the governor of Vladimir Prison, has taken an active part in supervising the prisoners’ correspondence. From December 1975 stereo-postcards which arrived in letters were not given out. From February 1976 there was an increase in the number of incoming and outgoing letters being … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, May 1976 (40.9)
The Trial of Mikhail Kheifets, 9-13 September 1974 (34.2)
<<No 34 : 31 December 1974>> From 9 to 13 September 1974 the Leningrad City Court, composed of Judge Karlov and people’s assessors Karpov and Kosenko, heard the case of M.R. Kheifets. (For details of his arrest and the pre-trial investigation see CCE 32.) Kheifets was charged under Article 70 of the RSFSR Criminal Code. … Continue reading The Trial of Mikhail Kheifets, 9-13 September 1974 (34.2)
The Trial of Maramzin, 19-21 February 1975 (35.4)
<<No 35 : 31 March 1975>> From 19 to 21 February 1975 Vladimir Rafailovich MARAMZIN, a prose writer, a member of the trade union group among the writers at the Leningrad branch of the Soviet Writer publishing house, was on trial at the Leningrad City Court. The presiding judge was Isakova, the people’s assessors were … Continue reading The Trial of Maramzin, 19-21 February 1975 (35.4)
No 34 : 31 December 1974
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES A few of the reports in this issue have been digitised. To read the other items use page numbers for the pdf version (see below) given to the right of each report in this Contents page. (1) The Arrest of Sergei Kovalyov [6] TRIALS … Continue reading No 34 : 31 December 1974
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