THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Few of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 55 & 56, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page *** 1. The Exile of Andrei Sakharov [46] 2. The Death of … Continue reading No 56 : 30 April 1980
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Александр Лавут
No 57 : 3 August 1980
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES One of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE No 57, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page. (1) The trial of Vladimir Poresh (Leningrad) [8] (2) PERSECUTION OF THE MOSCOW HELSINKI … Continue reading No 57 : 3 August 1980
No 60 : 31 December 1980
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES None of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 59-61, see below) are given to the right of the items in this Contents page [*] (1) Statement on Chronicle 59 (confiscated by KGB) and turnover among … Continue reading No 60 : 31 December 1980
No 63 : 31 December 1981
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Few of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version(CCE No 63, see below) are given to the right of the items in this Contents page. 1. Persecution of Working Commission on Psychiatric Abuse [7] The trial of Irina … Continue reading No 63 : 31 December 1981
Persecution of Action Group, October 1969 (10.4)
«No 10 : 31 October 1969» The act of a group of Soviet citizens [CCE 8.10] in appealing to an international organization, the United Nations, and protesting against violations in the Soviet Union of basic civil rights and Soviet laws, has become the subject of investigations by the KGB and the Procuracy. The Chronicle has … Continue reading Persecution of Action Group, October 1969 (10.4)
Alexander Lavut (1929-2013)
“Alexander LAVUT was a member of the Action Group for the Defence of Human Rights, the first organisation in the USSR to openly defend such rights, yet he never boasted about having belonged to the oldest organisation of its kind in Russia. Lavut was among the editors of the legendary Chronicle of Current Events (1968-1982) … Continue reading Alexander Lavut (1929-2013)
Appeal to UN Commission on Human Rights, 20 May 1969 (8.10)
«No 8 : 30 June 1969» On 20 May 1969 a letter was sent to the UN Commission on Human Rights with a request to look into the violation in the Soviet Union of one of the basic human rights — the right to hold independent convictions and to propagate them by any legal means. … Continue reading Appeal to UN Commission on Human Rights, 20 May 1969 (8.10)
The deportation of Solzhenitsyn, 13 February 1974 (32.1)
<<No 32 : 17 July 1974>> On 13 February 1974, after a prolonged and large-scale persecution campaign in the press, Alexander Isayevich SOLZHENITSYN was deported from the Soviet Union. The immediate cause was the publication of his GULag Archipelago by the YMCA Press (CCE 30.16).[1] The circumstances surrounding the publication of this book, as well … Continue reading The deportation of Solzhenitsyn, 13 February 1974 (32.1)