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Political Prisoners and Works on Behalf of Such Persons Detained Without Charge Or Without Trial A CHRONICLE OF CURRENT EVENTS Nre 55-6 Journal of the Human Rights Movement in the USSR Amnesty International Publications AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL is a worldwide movement which is independent of any government, political faction, ideology, economic interest or religious creed. It plays a specific role within the overall spectrum of human rights work. The activities of the organization focus strictly on prisoners: —It seeks the release of men and women detained anywhere for their beliefs, colour, sex, ethnic origin, language or religion, provided they A Chronicle of Current Events have neither used nor advocated violence. These are termed Numbers 55-6 'prisoners of conscience'. —It advocates fair and early trials for all political prisoners and works on behalf of such persons detained without charge or without trial. —It opposes the death penalty and torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of all prisoners without reservation. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL acts on the basis of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international instruments. Through practical work for prisoners within its mandate, Amnesty International participates in the wider promotion and protection of human rights in the civil, political, economic, social and cultural spheres. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has 2,000 adoption groups and national sections in 35 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and Latin America and individual members in a further 74 countries. Each adoption group works for at least two prisoners of conscience in countries other than its own. These countries are balanced geographically and politically to ensure impartiality. Information about prisoners and human rights violations emanates from Amnesty International's Research Department in London. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has consultative status with the United Nations (ECOSOC), UNESCO and the Council of Europe, has cooperative relations with the Inter-American Commisson on Human Rights of the Organization of American States and has observer status with the Organization of African Unity (Bureau for the Placement and Education of African Refugees). AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL is financed by subscriptions and donations of its worldwide membership. To safeguard the independence of the organization, all contributions are strictly controlled by guidelines laid down by AI's International Council and income and expenditure are made public in an annual financial report. A Chronicle of Current Events Numbers 55-6 Amnesty International Publications 10 Southampton Street London WC2E 7HF 1981 Contents Subscription rates—see inside back cover List of Illustrations Russian original @Khronika Press 1980, New York Preface English translation copyright @Amnesty International, 1981 Abbreviations All rights reserved Chronicle No. 55 (31 December 1979) Published 1981 by Amnesty International Publications Designed and produced by Index on Centorship, London and New York Trials Printed in Great Britain by Billing & Sons, Ltd, London The Trial of Streltsov ISBN 0 86210 025 9 The Trial of Petr and Vasily Sichko AI index: EUR 46/74/80 The Trial of Litvin Copyright of photographs: requests for permission to reproduce any of 2 the photographs in this book should be directed to Amnesty International The Trial of Berdnik 3 Publications, 10 Southampton Street, London WC2E 711/7, England, The Trial of Badze [previously transliterated Badzyo] 3 which will pass such requests on to copyright-holders. The Trial of Reshat Dzhemilev 5 The Trial of Stasevich, V. Mikhailov and Kochneva 6 Arrests, Searches, Interrogations 7 The Case of T. Velikanova 7 The Yakunin Case 9 The Case of the Journal Searches. The Arrest of Abramkin 11 The Case of the Journal Community 14 The Arrest of Lesiv 15 The Arrest of Ryzhov-Davydov 15 The Arrest of Kadiyev 18 The Arrest of Kalinichenko 18 A Search at the Home of Lisovaya 18 The Arrest of Nekipelov 18 The Arrest of Solovov 21 A Search at the Home of Niklus 21 The Arrest of Regelson 22 In the Prisons and Camps 22 Chistopol Prison 22 The Mordovian Camps 23 The Perm Camps 23 In Other Prisons and Camps 25 In Defence of Political Prisoners 27 Releases 28 In Exile 28 Releases 32 After Release 32 Events in Lithuania Searches in Vilnius 33 The Arrest of Sasnauskas 33 Persecution of Believers 34 The Case of the Journal Searches 108 Orthodox Christians 34 The Arrest of Grimm and Sokirko Adventists 34 108 The Arrest of Lavut 112 Baptists 35 The Case of T. Velikanova 114 Trials 35 A Week of Preventive Talks in Moscow 117 Arrests 36 The Arrest of Dudko Searches 36 119 Persecution of the Christian Committee 122 Breaking-up of Prayer-meetings, Confiscation of Houses 37 The Arrest of Kapitanchuk 122 Dismissals from Work 38 Interrogations of Shcheglov 123 School and Religion 38 Persecution of the Christian Seminar The Family and Religion 38 123 The Trial of Shchipkova 123 Pentecostalists 40 The Trial of Popkov and Burtsev 125 The Breaking-up of Weddings 40 Pre-Trial Investigation School and Religion 40 126 Trials 127 Fines 41 The Trial of Kadiyev Catholics in Moldavia 41 127 The Trial of Zubakhin 128 The Right to Leave 42 The Trial of Guberman Jews 46 128 The Trial of Solovov 129 Germans 49 Arrests Pentecostalists. The Arrest of N. P. Goretoi 51 129 The Arrest of G. Fedotov 129 The Trial of I. Korchnoi 53 The Arrest of Meilanov 130 Have Left 56 The Arrest of Kuzkin Miscellaneous Reports 57 131 The Arrest of Dyadkin 131 Human Rights Day in Moscow (10 December) 57 Searches 132 Beatings-up in the Ukraine 61 A Search of Zotov 132 Letters and Statements 65 Searches in Leningrad 132 Documents of the Moscow Helsinki Group 69 A Search of Danilyuk 135 Samizdat News 70 The Case of Brailovsky 135 Lithuanian Samizdat 72 A Search at the Home of Kormer Addenda and Corrigenda 72 137 Events in the Ukraine 137 Trials 137 Chronicle No. 56 (30 April 1980) 73 The Trial of Rozumny The Exile of Sakharov 74 137 The Trial of Gorbal 138 The Death of Shelkov 93 The Trial of Goncharov Persecution of the Moscow Helsinki Group 93 139 The Trial of Lesiv 139 The Administrative Arrest of Oispova 93 Arrests The Trial of Landa 95 139 The Arrest of Krainik 139 A search at the Home of Osipova and I. Kovalev 98 The Arrest of Mikhailenko The Case of Nekipelov 99 140 The Arrest of 0. Matusevich 140 Persecution of the Working Commission [on psychiatric abuse] 102 The Arrest of Sokulsky A Search at the Home of Grivnina 102 140 The Arrest of V. Shevchenko 141 A Search at the Home of A. Podrabinek 102 The Arrest of A. Shevchenko The Arrest of Bakhmin 103 141 The Case of Kalinichenko 141 The Administrative Arrest of Serebov 106 After Release The Arrest of Ternovsky 106 142 Miscellaneous 142 Tokayuk is Beaten Up 142 Persecution of the Sichko Family 143 Arrests in Krasnodar 164 Events in Armenia 143 Arrests in Chernovtsy Region 164 Trials 143 Arrest of Printers of the 'Christian' Publishing House 164 The Trial of Eduard Arutyunyan 143 The Arrest of Khorev 164 The Trial of Avakyan 145 Searches 165 Biographies 148 Miscellaneous 165 Events in Estonia 151 Pentecostalists 167 Arrests 151 Trials 167 The Arrest of Kukk 151 The Brcaking-up of Prayer-meetings 167 The Arrest of Niklus 152 Miscellaneous 168 Estonian Samizdat 153 The Right to Leave 169 Events in Lithuania 153 Jews 173 Persecution of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group 153 Germans 175 The Arrest of Skuodis 153 Baptists 176 The Case of Jurevitius 154 Pentecostalists 176 A Search at the Home of Laurinavitius 155 Have Left 179 The Arrest of Statkeviâius 155 Between Emigration and Prison 181 Arrests 155 In the Prisons and Camps 183 The Arrest of Pdeliunas 155 Chistopol Prison 183 The Arrest of Janulis 156 The Mordovian Camps 183 The Arrest of Buzas 156 The Perm Camps 185 Searches 156 In Other Prisons and Camps 187 A Search at the Home of 2arskus 156 In Dcfence of Political °Prisoners 190 A Search at the Home of Mandrit 157 Releases 191 A Search at the Home of Sereikaite 157 In Exile 191 A Search at the Home of Sabaliauskas 157 Releases 196 Interrogations and Chats 157 In the Psychiatric Hospitals 196 A Chat with Patackas 157 In Special Psychiatric Hospitals 197 An Interrogation of 2vikaite 157 In Ordinary Hospitals 198 The Case of Terleckas 157 Releases 199 The Death of V. Jaugelis 158 After Release 201 Miscellaneous 158 Miscellaneous Reports 201 The Dismissal of Kediute 158 From the Writers' Union 206 Wreaths are Laid 158 Letters and Statements 209 Persecution of Believers 159 Documents of the Moscow Helsinki Group 213 Catholics in Lithuania 159 Samizdat News 214 A Search at the Home of Gralulis 159 Official Documents 222 Arrests and Searches on 17-18 April 159 Addenda and Corrigenda 230 Documents of the Catholic Committee for the Defence of Corrections to the English edition 230 Believers' Rights 160 Miscellaneous 161 Endnotes (Chronicles 55 and 56) 231 Baptists 162 Bibliographical Note 232 The Trial of Valentin Naprienko 162 Index of Names 234 The Trial of Runov 163 The Trial of Kinash 163 Arrests in Elektrostal 163 39 Julia Voznesenskaya, Tatyana Goricheva, exiled Leningrad feminists 40 Sergei Rotshtein, Kiev Jewish refusenik given short jailings List of Illustrations 1 A. Sakharov speaks at a press conference in his Moscow flat Abbreviations 2 The crush at the press conference 3 The conference is filmed: scientist S. Polikanov watches 4 Leonid Shcharansky speaks about his brother Anatoly's trial ASSR & Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Subordinate to any 5 Tatyana Velikanova speaks at the conference RSFSR SSR (see below) and based on the minority nationality whose 6 Irina Ginzburg speaks about her husband Alexander's trial home is on the territory.
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