<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> On 23 August, in Sovetsk, a session of the Kaliningrad Regional Court presided over by I. I. Kapturov started examining the case of Vadim Konovalikhin (CCE 49.15), charged under Article 190-1 of the Russian Criminal Code. The state prosecutor was Deputy Regional Procurator V. P. Sizov; there was a … Continue reading The Trial of Konovalikhin, August 1978 (51.5)
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Miscellaneous Reports, pt 1 (51.19)
<<No 51 : 1 December 1978>> Political Prisoner’s Day 30 October was declared “Political Prisoner Day” by the Moscow Helsinki Group (Document No. 66 [see CCE 51.20]): “We emphasize especially: the majority of political prisoners in the USSR are prisoners of conscience, who have not in fact committed any crimes... The fulfilment of the international … Continue reading Miscellaneous Reports, pt 1 (51.19)
Activities of the Helsinki Groups, 1977 (44.10)
<< No 44 : 16 March 1977 >> In January 1977, a Group to Assist the Implementation of the Helsinki Agreements was set up in Georgia. Six people joined it: Beglor Bezhuashvili, a laboratory assistant in the department of art criticism at Tbilisi University; Zviad Gamsakhurdia (he is now senior research officer at the Institute … Continue reading Activities of the Helsinki Groups, 1977 (44.10)
In the Psychiatric Hospitals, May 1978 (49.10)
<<No 49 : 14 May 1978>> This section has been compiled largely from the Information Bulletin of the Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes, numbers 8 (20 April 1978) and 9 (9 June 1978 – this date, 3 ½ weeks later than the cover date of Issue 49, is nonetheless correct … Continue reading In the Psychiatric Hospitals, May 1978 (49.10)
The Release of Yury Belov, 13 December 1977 (48.12)
On 10 November 1977, the Vladimir Region Court passed a decision to end the compulsory psychiatric treatment of Yury Belov (CCEs 46, 47). On 5 December Belov was let out of the Krasnoyarsk city psychiatric hospital. On the way to Krasnoyarsk airport, he was detained by KGB officials and returned to the hospital. His discharge … Continue reading The Release of Yury Belov, 13 December 1977 (48.12)
Psychiatric Hospitals: Dec 1977 to Feb 1978 (48.12)
<<No 48 : 14 March 1978>> This section has been compiled, in the main, from materials in the Information Bulletins of the Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes: Nos. 5 (15 December 1977), 6 (1 February 1978) and 7 (24 February 1978). On the cover of Bulletin No. 5, as … Continue reading Psychiatric Hospitals: Dec 1977 to Feb 1978 (48.12)
The Trial of Alexander Podrabinek, 15 August 1978 (50.7)
<<No. 50 : November 1978>> This section has been compiled largely from the Information Bulletin of the Working Commission to Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political Purposes, Nos. 9 (9 June 1978), 10 (10 August) and 11, a special edition about the trial.[note 1] Arrest and Investigation Alexander Podrabinek was arrested at the flat … Continue reading The Trial of Alexander Podrabinek, 15 August 1978 (50.7)
Persecution of the Working Commission, April 1980 (56.4)
A Search at the Home of Grivnina. On 26 December, a search was conducted at Irina GRIVNINA’s home in Moscow in connection with the case of V. Yanin, who had been charged by the Kuibyshev KGB under Article 64 of the RSFSR Criminal Code (“Betrayal of the Motherland”) for illegally crossing the frontier. Irina Grivnina, … Continue reading Persecution of the Working Commission, April 1980 (56.4)
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