USSR News Brief, 15 December 1986 (Issue 22/23-1) On 8 December 1986 Anatoly MARCHENKO (b. 1938), a political prisoner for many years, died in the maximum-security Chistopol Prison (Tatarstan). For several months prior to his death, he had been on hunger strike, started on 8 August 1986 (1986: 17-7, 15 September). Official reports of his … Continue reading The Death of Anatoly Marchenko (8 December 1986)
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Анатолий Т. Марченко
An Unpublished Decree, July 1974 (32.11)
«No 32 : 17 July 1974» An Unpublished Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, No. 3707-VIII, 25 December 1972. As the Chronicle reported (CCE 30.13, December 1973) this decree had been applied to several citizens. From January to June 1974 a number of other citizens were issued with a caution on the … Continue reading An Unpublished Decree, July 1974 (32.11)
No 34 : 31 December 1974
ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Only two of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE 34-36, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page (1) The Arrest of Sergei Kovalyov [6] TRIALS (2) The Trial of Mikhail … Continue reading No 34 : 31 December 1974
No 62 : 14 July 1981
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 No 62, see below) are given to the right of the items in this Contents page * 1. The Death of Juri Kukk [6] 2. The Arrest of … Continue reading No 62 : 14 July 1981
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 the Working Commission on Psychiatric Abuse [7] – … Continue reading No 63 : 31 December 1981
A New Public Association [the Moscow Helsinki Group], 12 May 1976 (40.13)
<< No 40 : 20 May 1976 >> On 12 May 1976 a declaration was issued announcing the formation of a new public association [NGO] in Moscow: the “Group to Assist the Implementation of the Helsinki Agreements in the USSR”. The declaration states: The Group’s aim is to promote the observance of the Final Act … Continue reading A New Public Association [the Moscow Helsinki Group], 12 May 1976 (40.13)
Samizdat Update, December 1973 (30.15)
<<Nos 28-30 : 31 May 1974>> The third issue of Amnesty International [Russian section] carries an announcement that the editors intend to make it a regular publication. Below the Chronicle lists the contents of the first three issues.[a] [1] Amnesty International, No. 1 (Compiled by A. Tverdokhlebov and V. Arkhangelsky) From the Editors PART I … Continue reading Samizdat Update, December 1973 (30.15)
The Case of Anatoly Marchenko, 31 March 1975 (35.2)
«No 35 : 31 March 1975» 1958 – Anatoly Marchenko, a 20-year-old master driller, was found guilty of participating in a brawl. He was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment. (Later the case was reviewed and the sentence was changed to two years’ imprisonment.) 1959 – Marchenko escaped from a labour camp in Karaganda [Kazakhstan]. 1960 … Continue reading The Case of Anatoly Marchenko, 31 March 1975 (35.2)
News in brief, October 1970 (16.10)
«No 16 : 31 October 1970» 1. On 12 September 1970 Yuly Markovich Daniel was released from Vladimir Prison [Central Russia] on completion of his term. He was sent to live in Kaluga, where he has been placed under surveillance. He was allowed to visit his wife L. Bogoraz in her place of exile [Irkutsk … Continue reading News in brief, October 1970 (16.10)
Extra-judicial Persecution, August 1970 (15.9)
<<No 15 : 31 August 1970>> N.P. Lisovskaya, Master of biological sciences and an employee of the USSR Academy of Sciences' Institute of Plant Physiology, was dismissed in July on the grounds of redundancy. The reason – private letters written two years ago in defence of A. Marchenko. * V[ladimir] Miloshevich, research officer at the … Continue reading Extra-judicial Persecution, August 1970 (15.9)
News in brief, February 1970 (12.9)
«No 12 : 28 February 1970» [1] TASHKENT. Seidomet Khalibayev was arrested at the end of December 1969 under Article 190-1 [Article 194-1 in Uzbek SSR Criminal Code]. Earlier served a sentence in connection with the case of Yury Osmanov. [2] Nuri Abduraimov. Born 1940, arrested 8 January 1970 in the town of Yangiyul, Uzbek … Continue reading News in brief, February 1970 (12.9)
News in brief, December 1968 (5.4)
<<No 5 : 31 December 1968>> [1] In the Crimea there are periodic police raids on Tatars who have returned home. On 15 July 1968, eleven Crimean Tatar families were brutally manhandled at the 'Bolshevik' state farm in the Krasnogvardeisky (Red Guard) district. Since the publication of the decree of 5 September 1967, only eighteen … Continue reading News in brief, December 1968 (5.4)
News in brief, December 1969 (11.15)
«No 11 : 31 December 1969» [1] On 5 December 1969 the traditional silent demonstration [CCE 6.9, item 3] was held on Pushkin Square. The first of these demonstrations was in support of Yu. Daniel and A. Sinyavsky, and took place on 5 December 1966, under the slogan "Respect the Constitution". This time about fifty … Continue reading News in brief, December 1969 (11.15)
News in brief, August 1969 (9.10)
«No 9 : 31 August 1969» [1] On 26 August Anatoly Marchenko was sentenced under Article 190 of the Russian Criminal Code to a new term of imprisonment - two years. The trial took place in the settlement of Nyrob, in the Perm Region, within the camp zone. The witnesses consisted of prisoners convicted for … Continue reading News in brief, August 1969 (9.10)
The trial of Anatoly Marchenko: Perm Region, 22 August 1969 (10.1)
«No 10 : 31 October 1969» The Chronicle has already reported [CCE 9.10, item 1] that Anatoly Marchenko has been sentenced again, to two years' imprisonment in strict-regime camps, under Article 190-1 of the Russian Criminal Code. Marchenko's trial was held on 22 August in the reading room of the camp zone at Nyrob, a … Continue reading The trial of Anatoly Marchenko: Perm Region, 22 August 1969 (10.1)
Anatoly Marchenko again under investigation, May 1969 (8.9)
«No 8 : 30 June 1969» The fate of Anatoly Marchenko, author of the book My Testimony, is well-known to readers of the Chronicle. On 21 August 1968 he was sentenced to one year in a strict-regime camp, for "infringing the identity card regulations” [CCE 3.1, item 1]. The statement made by Marchenko's friends, that … Continue reading Anatoly Marchenko again under investigation, May 1969 (8.9)
