<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 1 December 1978, the Armenian SSR Supreme Court sentenced Robert Khatikovich NAZARYAN (b. 1948) under Article 65 (Armenian SSR Criminal Code = Article 70, RSFSR Code) to five years in strict-regime camps and two years’ exile. The Procurator had asked for 6 + 2. The final stage of … Continue reading Robert Nazaryan on trial, Nov-Dec 1978 (51.1)
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Suppressing Helsinki Groups: Armenia, 1977-8 (48.6)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> 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 and there were a number of … Continue reading Suppressing Helsinki Groups: Armenia, 1977-8 (48.6)