PREFACE The Russian Relief Fund for Political Prisoners (CCE 44.3) here gives the names of political prisoners and exiles known to it in mid-August 1977 [N.B. This excludes those in psychiatric hospitals and almost all religious prisoners are omitted. For more details on those listed see recent issues of the Chronicle, especially CCE 33.] see … Continue reading A List of Political Prisoners, August 1977 (46.23)
Tag: Khodorovich, Tatyana*
Татьяна Ходорович
Underground News in the USSR (2017)
<<Journalism is not a Crime — Freedom of Speech in Iran>> Since this website was launched late in 2015 it has been moving and, at times, remarkable to see how universal is the curiosity about the Chronicle, its history and its background. Following up a lead from the Wikipedia page about the Chronicle or, perhaps, … Continue reading Underground News in the USSR (2017)
Tatyana Khodorovich, “No Thought Trials in the USSR”, May 1976 (40.1)
<< No 40 : 20 May 1976 >> Statement by Tatiana Khodorovich At trials in Odessa, Moscow, Omsk and Vilnius, people have again been prosecuted and found guilty of thoughts they have expressed – and even thoughts they have not expressed. Sentences have been passed as follows: Vyacheslav Igrunov – sent to an ordinary psychiatric … Continue reading Tatyana Khodorovich, “No Thought Trials in the USSR”, May 1976 (40.1)
Extra-judicial Persecution, March 1972 (24.10)
<<No 24 : 5 March 1972>> MOSCOW [1] Alexander Galich, previously expelled from the Union of Soviet Writers (CCE 23) has also been expelled from the Literary Fund [Litfond] and the Union of Soviet Cinematographers. [38] [2] At the end of January 1972 the writer Vladimir Maximov was summoned by the secretary of the Moscow … Continue reading Extra-judicial Persecution, March 1972 (24.10)
Extra-judicial Persecution, April 1971 (19.8)
<<No 19 : 30 April 1971>> [1] On 1 March Sandor Fodo, Lecturer in Hungarian Philology at Uzhgorod University [on the Czechoslovak border], was dismissed from his job. The order, signed by L. Chepuro, rector of the university, gives the grounds for his dismissal as absenteeism and an attempt to bring anti- Soviet literature across … Continue reading Extra-judicial Persecution, April 1971 (19.8)
Chronology: Dec. 1976 to March 1977 (44.1)
<<No 44 : 16 March 1977>> December 197618Exchange of Vladimir Bukovsky and Luis Corvalan24Searches among members of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group25Psychiatric arrest of Vladimir Borisov (Leningrad) January 19774Searches among members of Moscow Helsinki Group TASS announcement of link between Helsinki Group and NTS5Creation of the Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes Yury Mnyukh … Continue reading Chronology: Dec. 1976 to March 1977 (44.1)
“Bukovsky Day”, 29 March 1975 (35.8)
<<No 35 : 31 March 1975>> 29 March 1975 was marked in the USSR and abroad as “Vladimir Bukovsky Day”. On this day many Soviet citizens made statements in defence of Bukovsky. [1] Four years ago Vladimir Bukovsky was thrown into prison. He is only 32 years old today, yet this was already his fourth … Continue reading “Bukovsky Day”, 29 March 1975 (35.8)
The Trial of Natalya Gorbanevskaya, 7 July 1970 (15.1)
<<No 15 : 31 August 1970>> On 7 July 1970 there was a session of the judicial board for criminal affairs of the Moscow City Court to consider the case of N. E. Gorbanevskaya. Chairman - V.V. Bogdanov; People's assessors - Andreyev, Zaslavskaya Procurator [prosecutor] - Prazdnikova Counsel for the defence - S.V. Kalistratova Expert … Continue reading The Trial of Natalya Gorbanevskaya, 7 July 1970 (15.1)
