«No 11 : 31 December 1969» GORKY Artsimovich, a journalist from Gorky, was dismissed from the editorial staff of the newspaper where she worked, for reading Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward. * MOSCOW Boris Leibovich SHLAYEN is a mechanic at a Moscow factory which repairs calculating machines. After Shlayen applied on 30 December 1968 to the Department … Continue reading Extrajudicial political persecution, Dec 1969 (11.13)
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News in brief, April 1969 (7.13)
«Issue 7 : 30 April 1969» EIGHTEEN ITEMS [1] On 15 April in Riga a student, Ilya Rips, tried to immolate himself. Under the Freedom Obelisk, set up when Latvia was independent, he unfurled a banner with the words FREEDOM FOR CZECHOSLOVAKIA. A hostile crowd gathered around him. The youth threw off his overcoat, under … Continue reading News in brief, April 1969 (7.13)