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    • Nos 56-65, 1980-1982 (Russian)
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Рига

Riga Trial of Four, May ’71 (20.2)

11 December 201512 October 2026

<<No 20 : 2 July 1971>> On 24-27 May 1971, the case of A.A. Shpilberg (aged 33), an engineer; B.M. Maftser (24), an engineer; M.Z. Shepshelovich (28), a mechanic; and Ruta I. Alexandrovich (23), a nurse: was heard in the Latvian SSR Supreme Court [1]. * MEMBERS OF THE COURT Presiding: L. I. Lotko, member … Continue reading Riga Trial of Four, May ’71 (20.2)

The Fate of Fritz Menders, November 1970 (17.10)

9 August 201423 May 2026

<<No 17 : 31 December 1970>> In November 1970 it was proposed to Fritz Mender, one of the founders of the Latvian Social-Democratic Workers' Party (LSDWP), and Klava Lorents, head of the Latvian cooperativists, that they should publicly dissociate themselves from Bruno Kalnins, the leader of the LSDWP, who is in emigration in Stockholm. Both … Continue reading The Fate of Fritz Menders, November 1970 (17.10)

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ARTICLE 19

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(1948 UN General Assembly)

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«Хроника текущих событий», 1968-1982

(CCE in Russian; not currently accessible)

«Вести из СССР», 1978-1987
Bukovsky Archive, 1937-1994

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