ACTION IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION CONTINUES *** Some of the reports in this issue have been digitised. The others may be located by page numbers in the pdf version (CCE Nos 28-31) after the items in this Contents page *** Introduction PART ONE: Events of 1973-1974 [pdf, 65-71] (1) The … Continue reading No 31 : 17 May 1974
Tag: Uzbek SSR*
The Trial of Reshat Dzhemilev, 12 April 1973 (31.2)
<< No 31: 17 May 1974 >> Tashkent Region Court, 12 April 1973 Articles 190-1 and 190-3 of the RSFSR Criminal Code and corresponding articles of the criminal code of the Uzbek SSR. Sentence – 3 years in the camps. ♦ On 12 July 1972 a search was made in the flat of RESHAT DZHEMILEV … Continue reading The Trial of Reshat Dzhemilev, 12 April 1973 (31.2)
“If you are a Crimean Tatar….”, 14 October 1973 (31.8)
<<No 31 : 17 May 1974>> A letter from Anafi Nafeyev to the editorial boards of Soviet newspapers and journals and to the USSR Supreme Soviet (14 October 1973, Dzhankoi) Nafeyev was born in the village of Yanyseli and now lives in Uzbekistan (town of Gulistan, Engels Street 33), works as a driver, is married, … Continue reading “If you are a Crimean Tatar….”, 14 October 1973 (31.8)
Material from the Regional Press, November 1971 (22.5)
<<No 22 : 10 November 1971>> ODESSA. On 6 March 1971 the newspaper Banner of Communism published an article (signed by I. Petrenko) entitled “Whose side are you on, Strokataya?” It reported that Nina Antonovna Strokataya, the wife of Svyatoslav Karavansky (see CCE 7, 13, 15), [21] who is at present serving a second term … Continue reading Material from the Regional Press, November 1971 (22.5)
Persecution of the Crimean Tatars, December 1976 (43.13)
<< No 43 : 31 December 1976 >> On 11 October the Belogorsk district court found Murat Voyenny (CCE 42) guilty of contravening Article 196 of the Ukrainian SSR Criminal Code (“Infringement of the residence regulations”); on 18 October it found Enver Ametov (CCE 42) guilty under the same article. They have both been sentenced … Continue reading Persecution of the Crimean Tatars, December 1976 (43.13)
The Movement of the Crimean Tatars, December 1975 (38.15)
<<No 38 : 31 December 1975>> Simferopol On 18 November 150 Crimean Tatars assembled at the regional soviet executive committee building to ask the committee chairman for permission to register as residents and obtain employment. The chairman refused to see them and the police detained two persons: Mustafa Osmanov (demobilized in 1972), has been living … Continue reading The Movement of the Crimean Tatars, December 1975 (38.15)
The Persecution of the Crimean Tatars, July 1974 (32.9)
<<No 32 : 17 July 1974>> The Arrest and Hunger-Strike of Mustafa Dzhemilev On 22 June Mustafa Dzhemilev was arrested in the town of Gulistan (Uzbekistan). On 6 July the Action Group of the Crimean Tatar national movement in the Syrdarinskaya Region of Uzbekistan sent a statement entitled “The Life of Mustafa Dzhemilev is in … Continue reading The Persecution of the Crimean Tatars, July 1974 (32.9)
News in brief, June 1970 (14.11)
<<No 14 : 30 June 1970>> [1] IVANO-FRANKOVSK. On 1 June 1970 Valentin Moroz was once again arrested. The charge were brought under Article 62 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code (which corresponds to Article 70 of the Russian Code). V. Moroz served a term from 1965 to 1969 in the Mordovian camps (Dubrovlag) under Article … Continue reading News in brief, June 1970 (14.11)
Those arrested in 1970: Supplement 2, January 1971 (17.15)
«No 17 : 31 December 1970» January 1971 Supplement to Chronicle No 17 PART TWO PEOPLE ARRESTED, OR ARRESTED AND TRIED IN 1970 For the information on individuals (see Part 1, CCE 17.14) * 1. RUSSIAN SOVIET FEDERATED SOCIALIST REPUBLIC MOSCOW Andrei Alexeyevich AMALRIK, b. 1938, commentator. Arrested 21 May; Article 190-1; three years hard … Continue reading Those arrested in 1970: Supplement 2, January 1971 (17.15)
Those arrested in 1969: Supplement, Pt 1, January 1971 (17.14)
«No 17 : 31 December 1970» (January 1971 Supplement to Chronicle No 17) PERSONS CONVICTED OR ARRESTED FOR POLITICAL REASONS IN 1969 and 1970 * PART ONE THOSE ARRESTED IN 1969 AND BROUGHT TO TRIAL IN 1970 Those who appeared in an earlier such list (CCE 11.17), are marked with an asterisk. A reference is … Continue reading Those arrested in 1969: Supplement, Pt 1, January 1971 (17.14)
The trial of I. Yakhimovich and other trials, April 1970 (13.8)
« No 13 : 30 April 1970» From 15 to 18 April a repeat trial of Ivan Yakhimovich was held (CCE 9.3 and CCE 11.15, item 22), following a second expert examination at the Serbsky Institute. The team of experts once again declared I. Yakhimovich to be of unsound mind, but with the reservation that … Continue reading The trial of I. Yakhimovich and other trials, April 1970 (13.8)
News in brief, February 1970 (12.9)
«No 12 : 28 February 1970» [1] TASHKENT. Seidomet Khalibayev was arrested at the end of December 1969 under Article 190-1 [Article 194-1 in Uzbek SSR Criminal Code]. Earlier served a sentence in connection with the case of Yury Osmanov. [2] Nuri Abduraimov. Born 1940, arrested 8 January 1970 in the town of Yangiyul, Uzbek … Continue reading News in brief, February 1970 (12.9)
The Trial of Ilya Gabai and Mustafa Dzhemilev, 12-19 January 1970 (12.3)
«No 12 : 28 February 1970» From 12 to 19 January 1970 the case of Ilya Gabai and Mustafa Dzhemilev was heard in the Tashkent City Court. Ilya Gabai, from Moscow, was arrested after innumerable searches of his flat (CCE 8.4) and, although charged under Article 190-1 of the Russian Criminal Code, he was sent … Continue reading The Trial of Ilya Gabai and Mustafa Dzhemilev, 12-19 January 1970 (12.3)
The trial of P.G. Grigorenko, February 1970 (12.2)
«No 12 : 28 February 1970» At the very end of the investigation into charges under Article 190-1 of the Russian Criminal Code further charges were added, under Articles 191-4 of the Uzbek Criminal Code and 70 of the Russian Code. Grigorenko's defence counsel, S.V. Kalistratova, learned this only at the trial, which opened on … Continue reading The trial of P.G. Grigorenko, February 1970 (12.2)
Appendix – repressive measures in 1969 (11.17)
«No 11 : 31 December 1969» The Chronicle gives a list of [62] persons known to have been subjected to repression for political reasons in 1969. [Note: the laws indicated refer to the Russian Criminal Code. In the other fourteen Union Republics Article 70 and Article 190-1 have a different numeration.] [This list was corrected … Continue reading Appendix – repressive measures in 1969 (11.17)
The arrest of Ilya Gabai, 19 May 1969 (8.4)
«No 8 : 30 June 1969» When Ilya Gabai's flat was searched on 7 May this year, his archive of documents relating to the Crimean Tatars was confiscated. On 19 May Ilya Gabai was arrested and sent to Tashkent to be investigated by the same Berezovsky [who interrogated Pyotr Grigorenko, see Chronicle 8.3]. Ilya Gabai … Continue reading The arrest of Ilya Gabai, 19 May 1969 (8.4)
News in brief, June 1969 (8.14)
«No 8 : 30 June 1969» [1] In mid-May 1969, workers at the Kiev Hydroelectric Station in the village of Beryozka met to discuss the housing problem: many of them are even now still living in prefabricated huts and railway coaches despite the authorities' promises to provide housing. The workers declared that they no longer … Continue reading News in brief, June 1969 (8.14)
The arrest of Pyotr Grigorenko, 7 May 1969 (8.3)
<<No 8 : 30 June 1969>> On 7 May 1969 P.G. Grigorenko was arrested in Tashkent and charged under Article 191-4 of the Uzbek SSR Criminal Code (which corresponds to Article 190 of the RSFSR Criminal Code). *** Pyotr Grigorievich Grigorenko was born in 1907 in the village of Borisovka in Zaporozhe Region [south Ukraine]. … Continue reading The arrest of Pyotr Grigorenko, 7 May 1969 (8.3)
Appeal by Crimean Tatars to World Public Opinion, 21 June 1968 (2.4)
<< Issue No 2 : 30 June 1968 >> 21 June 1968 In 1944 THE WHOLE OF OUR PEOPLE was slanderously accused of betraying the Soviet Мotherland and was forcibly deported from the Crimea. All the adult men were at the front; able-bodied older men and youngsters were in the labour corps. In one single … Continue reading Appeal by Crimean Tatars to World Public Opinion, 21 June 1968 (2.4)
The “resettlement” of Crimean Tatars in the Crimea, April 1969 (7.7)
«No 7 : 30 April 1969» In 1968 the Uzbek authorities announced that Crimean Tartars would return to the Crimea in a planned way, making work contracts with representatives from the Crimea who had come to Uzbekistan. In this way they tried to avert the planned mass exit of Crimean Tartars to the Crimea. In … Continue reading The “resettlement” of Crimean Tatars in the Crimea, April 1969 (7.7)
