«No 8 : 30 June 1969» On 20 May 1969 a letter was sent to the UN Commission on Human Rights with a request to look into the violation in the Soviet Union of one of the basic human rights — the right to hold independent convictions and to propagate them by any legal means. … Continue reading Appeal to the UN Commission on Human Rights, 20 May 1969 (8.10)
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A clarification of nationalities policy, February 1969 (6.6)
No 6 : 28 February 1969 In February 1969 Dmitry Motyl, a student of the physics and chemistry faculty of the Mendeleyev Chemico-Technological Institute in Moscow, showed his friends an appeal by the Crimean Tatars to people of good will [CCE 2.4]. One of the students suggested to the Komsomol committee that they should express … Continue reading A clarification of nationalities policy, February 1969 (6.6)
The trial of Gomer Baev, April 1969 (7.1)
«No 7 : 30 April 1969» On 23-24 and 28-29 April the trial was held in Simferopol of the Crimean Tartar, Gomer Baev. An engineer, Baev was accused of distributing "deliberate fabrications defaming the Soviet State and social order" (Article 187-1 of the Ukrainian SSR Criminal Code, equivalent to Article 190-1 of the RSFSR Code). … Continue reading The trial of Gomer Baev, April 1969 (7.1)
News in brief, May to October 1968 (4.7)
No 4 : 31 October 1968 [1] In May and June 1968 the Supreme Court of the RSFSR considered the appeals of the Leningrad members of the All-Russian Social-Christian Union (CCE 1.6). The sentences on all those convicted were confirmed. Ogurtsov, sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, and Sado, sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment, will, according … Continue reading News in brief, May to October 1968 (4.7)
Survey of samizdat, December 1968 (5.1)
«No 5 : 31 December 1968» Samizdat is a specific medium for exercising freedom of expression in our country. During the last few years samizdat has evolved from a predominant concern with poetry and fiction towards an ever greater emphasis on journalistic and documentary writing. This is particularly true of 1968. In this year samizdat … Continue reading Survey of samizdat, December 1968 (5.1)
