<<No 46 : 15 August 1977>> [For more about the prisoners mentioned below, see CCE 46.23] The Perm Camps Camp 35 Yevgeny Pronyuk's state of health has sharply deteriorated; he finds it difficult to rise from his bed. Pronyuk has tuberculosis of the lungs. Before his arrest part of one of his lungs was removed … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps [2], August 1977 (46.10)
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Валерий Марченко
Letters and Statements by Political Prisoners, May 1978 (49.8-1)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> FATHER VASYL ROMANYUK V. Romanyuk -- To the Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Father Vasily Romanyuk (Mordovian Camp 1) declares that he has always considered himself a member of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. He asks for a foreign lawyer to be found for himself, and for help … Continue reading Letters and Statements by Political Prisoners, May 1978 (49.8-1)
The Death of Valery Marchenko (1947-1984)
Vesti iz SSSR, 1984 (19/20-1, 31 October). Valery MARCHENKO died in Leningrad on 7 October 1984. On 13 September he was flown from the Perm-35 camp for political prisoners to the penal system's F.J Haass Hospital at 1 Khokhryakov Street in Leningrad. He was already in a critical condition: his kidneys had ceased to function … Continue reading The Death of Valery Marchenko (1947-1984)
In Other Prisons and Camps, May-October 1977 (47.9)
«No 47 : 30 November 1977» The Perm Camps On 4 October, the day the Belgrade Conference opened, political prisoners in Camps 35 and 36 held a hunger-strike. It is known that the hunger-strike in Camp 36 lasted a week, about 15 people taking part in it. 30 October, “Political Prisoners’ Day”, was marked by … Continue reading In Other Prisons and Camps, May-October 1977 (47.9)
Traditional Days of Protest in the USSR, December 1976 (43.2)
<< No. 43 : 31 December 1976 >> 30 OCTOBER 1976 POLITICAL PRISONERS' DAY In 1976 Political Prisoners’ Day was observed for the third time. [1a] In camps and prisons the traditional hunger-strikes took place on that day; over sixty people took part. Among them were: ● the women prisoners Irina Stasiv-Kalynets, Oksana Popovich, Irina … Continue reading Traditional Days of Protest in the USSR, December 1976 (43.2)
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