<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 10 August the Stavropol Region Court, presided over by V. P. Leontev, sentenced Nikolai Petrovich Shatalov (CCE 48.17, item 6) under Article 190-1 of the Russian Criminal Code to 18 months in a strict-regime camp. Shatalov was in custody from 10 August 1977 to 16 March 1978, during … Continue reading The Trial of Shatalov, August 1978 (51.4)
Tag: Sakharov A.D.*
Андрей Д. Сахаров
Letters and Statements, July 1974 (32.22)
<<No 32 : 17 July 1974>> In this section those statements from the many available to the Chronicle which have not been sufficiently reflected in other sections of this issue are either summarized and quoted in extracts or presented in full. (1) “To the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, L. I. Brezhnev, and … Continue reading Letters and Statements, July 1974 (32.22)
Letters and Statements, July to October 1972 (27.7)
<<No 27 : 15 October 1972>> In defence of Pyotr Yakir 1. In July 1972, a letter in defence of P.I. Yakir (for his June arrest, see CCE 26.1) was sent to the CPSU Politburo and the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet. Amongst other things the letter says: Pyotr Yakir, 1923-1982 "Pyotr Yakir always … Continue reading Letters and Statements, July to October 1972 (27.7)
Sakharov’s “Memorandum”, June 1972 (26.17)
<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> On 5 March 1971, Academician A. D. Sakharov sent a Memorandum to L. I. Brezhnev. “It has remained unanswered. I do not feel I have the right to defer its publication any longer,” says A. D. Sakharov in a “Postscript” written in June 1972. As in his previous works … Continue reading Sakharov’s “Memorandum”, June 1972 (26.17)
Letters and Statements (51.20)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> 115 signatures: “To the International Committee of the Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies” “For a number of years, the International Red Cross has not responded in any way to reports about bad conditions in places of imprisonment, and to the abuse of psychiatry in the … Continue reading Letters and Statements (51.20)
Samizdat Update, December 1978 (51.21)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> (1) A. Sakharov: “The Human Rights Movement in the USSR and Eastern Europe: Aims, Significance, Difficulties” (8 November 1978, 12 pp.) “The word ‘movement’ in the title of this article is not intended to bring to mind any sort of organization, or association, or, still less, party. It simply … Continue reading Samizdat Update, December 1978 (51.21)
Miscellaneous Reports, pt 2 (51.19)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> UKRAINE At the end of August, a parcel of informational material of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group disappeared from the possession of S. Belokon, a resident of Kiev who was then in Moscow (in his words it was “lost’ by him). Soon afterwards S. Belokon, a Master of Historical Science, … Continue reading Miscellaneous Reports, pt 2 (51.19)
First Responses (54.1-1)
TO THE ARRESTS OF VELIKANOVA AND YAKUNIN <<No 54 : 15 November 1979>> A statement by the MOSCOW HELSINKI GROUP The Group to Assist the Implementation of the Helsinki Agreements in the USSR: Document No. 111 (3 November 1979) “A sharp increase in the persecution of the movement for the rule of law in the … Continue reading First Responses (54.1-1)
