<< No 39 : 12 March 1976 >> The journal New Times, No. 1, 1976, published an interview with A. Ya. Sukharev, the first Deputy-Minister of Justice of the USSR, headed ‘Concerning some Dishonest Proponents of the Rights of Soviet Man’. A. Ya. Sukharev asserts that ‘in the sphere of safeguarding and defending human rights … Continue reading Polemics with Sukharev, March 1976 (39.10)
Tag: Svetlichny I.*
Ivan Svitlychny
In the Camps and Prisons, May 1975 (36.6-1)
<<No 36 : 31 May 1975>> The Mordovian Camps At the end of 1974 in connection with the proclamation of 1975 as International Women’s Year, Darya Gusyak [Husyak in Ukrainian], Nina Strokata, Irina Senik, Stefaniya Shabatura, Irina Stasiv-Kalynets and Nadezhda Svetlichnaya (Camp 3, Zone 4), refused to carry out forced labour and demanded their release. … Continue reading In the Camps and Prisons, May 1975 (36.6-1)
Letters & Statements of Political Prisoners, 1977 (47.9-3)
«No 47 : 30 November 1977» Mordovian Camp 1 (special-regime) Open Letter to L.I. Brezhnev, concerning the draft USSR Constitution from N. Yevgrafov, Eduard Kuznetsov, Alexei Murzhenko, Mykhaylo Osadchy, Bohdan Rebrik, P. Saranchuk, Yury Fyodorov and Danilo Shumuk After a number of sharp ‘queries’ revealing the difficult conditions prisoners endure, the authors write: “We could … Continue reading Letters & Statements of Political Prisoners, 1977 (47.9-3)
Trials in Ukraine, January-April 1973 (29.5)
<<No 29 : 31 July 1973>> 1. Ivan Dzyuba, 11-16 March 1973 From 11 to 16 March the Kiev Regional Court heard the case of the critic and literary historian Ivan Mikhailovich Dzyuba,[note 1] indicted under Article 62 of the Ukrainian criminal code (Article 70 of the RSFSR code). Representatives of the institutions where Dzyuba … Continue reading Trials in Ukraine, January-April 1973 (29.5)
In Prisons and Camps, March 1978 (48.10-1)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> A Meeting Before Execution Captain (3rd class) V.M. Sablin, under whose command the Baltic Fleet vessel “Headlong” [Stremitelny] tried to defect to Sweden (CCE 43), was sentenced to be shot. On the eve of his execution, he was granted a 20-minute meeting with his father, a retired colonel. The … Continue reading In Prisons and Camps, March 1978 (48.10-1)
In the Prisons and Camps, May 1976 (40.9-1)
<< No 40 : 20 May 1976 >> VLADIMIR PRISON The right to correspond. Since the end of 1975 Zavyalkin, the governor of Vladimir Prison, has taken an active part in supervising the prisoners’ correspondence. From December 1975 stereo-postcards which arrived in letters were not given out. From February 1976 there was an increase in … Continue reading In the Prisons and Camps, May 1976 (40.9-1)
Prisons and Camps, May-October 1977 (47.9-2)
«No 47 : 30 November 1977» The Perm Camps On 4 October, the day the CSCE Conference opened in Belgrade, 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 … Continue reading Prisons and Camps, May-October 1977 (47.9-2)
Political Prisoner’s Day, 30 October 1974 (33.1)
<< No 33 : 10 December 1974 >> According to advance information received from the labour camps of Mordovia and Perm, a decision was taken there to designate 30 October 1974 [note 1] as the "Day of the Political Prisoner in the USSR". On that day the prisoners intended to declare hunger strikes, which were … Continue reading Political Prisoner’s Day, 30 October 1974 (33.1)
A Chronicle of Current Events 