The oldest human rights group in the Soviet Union, with members from Moscow, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, the Action Group began its activities in 1969 by appealing, over the head of the Soviet government, to the UN Human Rights Commission. Its formal existence ended with the arrest and imprisonment in 1979 of Tatyana Velikanova. * To … Continue reading Action Group for Defence of Human Rights in USSR
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Татьяна М. Великанова
An Unpublished Decree, July 1974 (32.14)
<<No 32 : 17 July 1974>> Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet No. 3707-VIII, 25 December 1972 * As the Chronicle reported (CCE 30.13, December 1973) this decree had been applied to several citizens. From January to June 1974 a number of other citizens were issued with a caution on the basis of the decree … Continue reading An Unpublished Decree, July 1974 (32.14)
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