<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> Pressure on Mykola Rudenko. Mykola Rudenko [head of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group] was sent to a camp only in November 1977, two months after his appeal hearing (for his trial, see CCE 46.4). All that time the authorities continued to exert pressure on him (see CCE 47). On 14 … Continue reading Repressive measures against the Helsinki Groups: Ukraine, 1977-1978 (48.3)
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The death of Vasyl Stus (1938-1985)
Vesti iz SSSR, 1985 (17-1, 15 September) On 4 September 1985, political prisoner Vasyl STUS died in special-regime camp Perm 389/36-1. Vasyl Stus (b. 8 January 1938) was an outstanding Ukrainian poet and journalist. First arrested in January 1972 for publishing a poetry collection abroad and writing a number of articles for samizdat, he was … Continue reading The death of Vasyl Stus (1938-1985)
The Trial of Vasyl Stus, 29 Sept.-2 Oct. 1980 (58.17)
In summer 1980 searches were carried out at the homes of exiles Yevgeny Sverstyuk (CCE 52, 55, 56) and Alexander Sergiyenko (CCE 52, 54, 55) in connection with the case of Stus (CCE 57). Letters were confiscated. On 26 June Stus's investigator, KGB Major A. V. Selyuk, interrogated the wife of Yury Badzyo (trial, CCE … Continue reading The Trial of Vasyl Stus, 29 Sept.-2 Oct. 1980 (58.17)
The Death of Valery Marchenko (1947-1984)
Vesti iz SSSR, 1984 (19/20-1, 31 October). Valery MARCHENKO died in Leningrad on 7 October 1984. On 13 September he was flown from the Perm-35 camp for political prisoners to the penal system's F.J Haass Hospital at 1 Khokhryakov Street in Leningrad. He was already in a critical condition: his kidneys had ceased to function … Continue reading The Death of Valery Marchenko (1947-1984)
No 46 : 15 August 1977
THE STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES One of the reports in this issue has been digitised. Page numbers for the pdf version (CCE 46, see below) are given next to the items in this Contents page. TRIALS 1. The Trial of Malva Landa [9] 2. The Trial of Iosif Begun [12] … Continue reading No 46 : 15 August 1977
Chronology: Dec. 1976 to March 1977 (44.1)
<<No 44 : 16 March 1977>> December 197618Exchange of Vladimir Bukovsky and Luis Corvalan24Searches among members of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group25Psychiatric arrest of Vladimir Borisov (Leningrad) January 19774Searches among members of Moscow Helsinki Group TASS announcement of link between Helsinki Group and NTS5Creation of the Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes Yury Mnyukh … Continue reading Chronology: Dec. 1976 to March 1977 (44.1)
