<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Orthodox Christians; Pentecostals; Baptists; Jehovah's Witnesses; Adventists * ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS On 2 July the Deputy Head of the Smolensk KGB ‘chatted’ for an hour and a half with T.N. Shchipkova (CCE 49) about the journal Community [Obshchina] (CCE 49 and “Samizdat Update” in this issue, CCE 51.21), Shchipkova refused … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers, Dec. 1978 (51.15)
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Activities of the Helsinki Groups, 1977 (44.10)
<< No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> In January 1977, a Group to Assist the Implementation of the Helsinki Agreements was set up in Georgia. Six people joined it: Beglor Bezhuashvili, a laboratory assistant in the department of art criticism at Tbilisi University; Zviad Gamsakhurdia (he is now senior research officer at the Institute … Continue reading Activities of the Helsinki Groups, 1977 (44.10)
The Persecution of Believers, 1978 (49.14)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> Pentecostals, Baptists, "From the pages of the Soviet Press" Pentecostals In March, the Muscovite Anatoly Vlasov (CCEs 46, 47) sent a statement to the KGB attached to the Council of Ministers of the Belorussian SSR, demanding the return of his property (13 objects), confiscated from him during a search on … Continue reading The Persecution of Believers, 1978 (49.14)
“Pentecostals” or Christians of the Evangelical Faith (41.5)
KALUGA REGION. After I.P. Fedotov, the leader of the local congregation, was arrested and charged (CCE 36.8) persecution has not ceased of the Pentecostals who split away from the registered Baptist congregation. In the autumn of 1975 administrative commissions in Obninsk and Maloyaroslavets fined 14 believers 50 roubles each for holding an unregistered assembly in … Continue reading “Pentecostals” or Christians of the Evangelical Faith (41.5)
Persecution of Believers (2), March 1978 (CCE 48.16)
[3] Pentecostalists and [4] Baptists 3. PENTECOSTALISTS In 1973 Pentecostalist A.V. Chertkova (b. 1927), was sent to a psychiatric hospital. Anna Chertkova During the course of several years Chertkova had been trying to obtain accommodation in Alma-Ata [Kazakh SSR]. She did not manage to get either a room or a place in a hostel. The … Continue reading Persecution of Believers (2), March 1978 (CCE 48.16)
No 41 : 3 August 1976
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Only a few of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 40-42, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page. (1) Suspension of Case Against Mikhail Naritsa [69], Jelgava (Latvian SSR) (2) … Continue reading No 41 : 3 August 1976
No 44 : 16 March 1977
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES Several of the reports in this issue have been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE Nos 43-45, see below) are given next to the other items in this Contents page. (1) A Chronological Summary REPRISALS AGAINST THE HELSINKI GROUPS [55] 2.1 Searches in … Continue reading No 44 : 16 March 1977
No 47 : 30 November 1977
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES A few of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE 47) are given next to the items in this Contents page in square brackets [ ]. (1) The Trial of Felix Serebrov [8] (2) The Trial of … Continue reading No 47 : 30 November 1977
A Chronicle of Current Events 