A CHRONICLE OF C NT EVENS Nos 59,60,61 Journal of the Human Rights Movement in'the USSR hare or- r r— P— Annesty International Publications AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL is a worklwide movement which is independent of (iny government, political faction, ideology, 1:C01101111C 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 twinen detained anywhere for their beliek, colour, sex. ethnic origin. language or religion, provided they have neither used nor advocated violence. These ON termed 70.Smters of ton.science'. A Chronicle of —It advocate% di•• WO (Will trials f()1' all pri+Otter.1 and vorks on behalf or such persons detained without charge or without trial. Current Events —It opposes the death penalty and torture of other cruel. inhunmn or degrading treatment or punishment of (///pritonert without reservation. 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To safeguard the independence of the organimtion. all contributions are strictly controlled by guidelines laid down by Al's International Council and income and expenditure are made puhlic in an annual hnancial report. ronicle of urrent vents Numbers 59, 60, 61 Amnesty International Publications 10 Southampton Street London WC2E 7HF 1982 Subscription rates - see inside back cover CONTENTS Russian original C Khronika Press 1981, New York English translation C Amnesty International, 1982 List of Illustrations All rights reserved Published 1982 by Am nesty International Preface Publications Abbreviations Designed and produced by Index on Censorship, London and New York by Billing & Sons, Printed in Great Britain Chronicle No. 59 (15 November 1980) (see note on page 2) Ltd, London ISBN 0 86210 045 3 Chronicle No. 60 (31 December 1980) 1 AI index: EUR 46/03/82 [Special statement on Chronicle 59 (confiscated Copyright of photographs: requests for by KGB) and Turnover o ron cle Editors] 2 permission to reproduce any of the photographs The Trial of Lavut 3 in this book should be directed to Amnesty The Trial of Meilanov 16 International Publications, 10 Southampton Persecution of the Working Commission Ito Street, London WC2E 7HF, England, which will Investigate the Use of Psychiatry for Political pass such requests on to copyright-holders. PurposesI 16 The Arrest of Grivnina 16 The Trial of Ternovsky 24 Case No. 50611-14/79 26 The Case of the Journal Searches 26 The Trial of Sorokin 26 Miscellaneous 28 Around the 'Belletrist' Club 29 A Hunt for the Novel En ch 30 A Search at the Home o rill Popov 31 Persecution of the Initiative Group to Defend the Rights of the Disabled 31 Arrests 33 The Arrest of Myasnikov 33 The Arrests of Lazareva and Maltseva 35 The Arrest of Brailovsky 35 The Arrests of Bogolyubov and Eremenko 37 The Arrest of Azadovsky 39 Searches 40 The Case of Osipova 41 Persecution of Crimean Tatars 50 Events in the Ukraine 51 The Trial of Sas-Zhurakovsky 51 The Trial of Krainik 51 The Trial of Mazur 52 The Trial of Khmara, V. Shevchenko and A. Shevchenko 52 The Arrest of Meshko 59 The Arrest of Vladimir Sichko 60 The Arrests of Zinchenko and Altunyan 61 Miscellaneous 61 Events in Estonia 62 Events in Lithuania 62 The Trial of Janulis and Buzas 62 The Trial of Navickaite and Vitkauskaite 63 The Trial of Abrutis 64 The Trial of Skuodis, Iesmantas and Peceliunas 64 The Trial of Stanelyte 68 Miscellaneous 68 Persecution of Believers 70 Catholics in Lithuania 70 Documents of the Catholic Committee to Defend Believers' Rights 70 Adventists 71 'Talks' 150 The Trial of Zvyagin 71 Events in the Ukraine 153 Baptists 73 The Trial of Meshko 153 The Trial of V. Rytikov and Vflchinskaya 73 The Trial of Vladimir Sichko 154 The Arrest of Rumachik 73 The Trial of Zinchenko 156 Orthodox Christians 76 Arrests 158 The Right to Leave 76 The Arrest of Five People in Kiev 158 The Tenth Anniversary of the Sentencing of the The Arrest of Gandzyuk 159 'Aeroplane People' 76 The Arrest of Genchu 159 Moscow 7.) The Case of Altunyan 159 Kiev 80 Miscellaneous 161 Lvov 81 Events in Armenia 162 Armenia 82 The Arrest of Navasardyan and Arshakyan 162 Have Left 82 Events in Georgia 162 In the Prisons and Camps 82 The Trial of Zhgenti, Gogiya and Chitanava 162 Chistopol Prison 82 The Arrest of Samkharadze 163 The Mordovian Camps 83 Letters by Gamsakhurdia 163 The Perm Camps 84 Events in Estonia 164 In Other Prisons and Camps 85 The Trial of Niklus and Kukk 164 Letters and Statements by Political Prisoners 87 Events in Lithuania 169 In Defence of Political Prisoners 88 Persecution of Believers 170 Releases 88 Catholics in Lithuania 170 In Exile 89 Baptists 172 Releases 90 The Arrest of Minyakov 172 In the Psychiatric Hospitals 90 The Arrest of Khomenko 172 Releases 91 Adventists 172 After Release 91 The Arrest of Atsuta 172 Extrajudicial Persecution 91 The Arrest of Neverova 172 Miscellaneous Reports 93 The Right to Leave 172 Human Rights Day in Moscow 96 Pentecostalists 175 The Breaking-up of Unofficial Seminars 92 Jews 176 Foam 98 Moscow 179 Letters and Statements 99 Kiev 183 Letters by A.D. Sakharov 101 Tbilisi 184 After the Trial of Sokirko 106 Have Left 184 Documents of the Moscow Helsinki Group 114 In the Prisons and Camps 186 Samizdat News 115 The Trial of Kirill Podrabinek 186 Addenda and Corrigenda 117 The Trial of Kazachkov 193 The Case of Corbel 118 The Case of Airikyan 193 The Case of Chornovil 119 Chistopol Prison 194 The Mordovian Camps 195 Chronicle No. 61 (16 March 1981) 126 The Perm Camps 196 The Trial of Morozov 127 In Transit Prisons 197 Persecution of the Working Commissionon In Other Camps 197 Psychiatric Abuse 131 Letters and Statements by Political Prisoners 201 The Trial of Alexander Podrabinek 131 In Defence of Political Prisoners 202 The Arrest of Serebrov 134 Releases 204 The Arrest of Koryagin 137 In Eicile 204 The Case of Grivnina and Serebrov 139 In the Psychiatric Hospitals 205 Trials 140 In Special Hospitals 205 The Trial of Lazareva 140 In Hospitals of Ordinary Type 207 The Trial of Magidovich 141 Releases 209 The Trial of Myasnikov 141 After Release 209 Arrests 144 Miscellaneous Reports 211 The Arrest of Batarevsky 144 Foam 217 The Arrest of Zotov 144 Letters and Statements 219 The Arrest of Georgy ShepelUv 144 Documents of the Moscow Helsinki Group 222 Searches 145 Samizdat News 223 A Search of Aleksei Smirnov 145 Official Documents 224 A Search at the Home of Vul 146 Addenda 227 Miscellaneous 147 The Case of Brailovsky 148 Interrogations 149 Corrections to the English edition 227 36 Juhan Valdmann, former Estonian prisoner of Endnotes 228 conscience 165 Bibliographical Note 230 37 JUri Kukk, Estonian scientist who died on hunger- A Note on Photographs 231 strike, with his wife Silvi 165 Index of Names 233 38 Petras Cidzikas, Lithuanian dissenter, in a Vilnius mental hospital 169 39 Lyubov Murzhenko, persecuted for support of jailed husband 174 40 Elena Borisova and son Vladimir Borisov, Leningrad dissenters 185 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 41 The parents of Igor Ogurtsov, dissenter serving 20 years 195 42 Miroslav Simchich, Ukrainian prisoner, in a camp 199 1 Alexander Lavut, sentenced Chronicle editor, and his wife 3 2-9 Views of the KGB's Lefortovo prison in Moscow, used for pre-trial detention 18-22 10 PUtr Egides, Moscow samizdat editor forced to emigrate 30 11 Vladimir Kormer, dissenting Moscow writer and philosopher 30 12 Konstantin Azadovsky, imprisoned Leningrad scholar 39 13 Alexander Shevchenko, Ukrainian nationalist who recanted 53 14 Vladimir Sichko, Ukrainian student, conscientious objector 60 15 Anastazas Janulis, Lithuanian samizdat activist 63 16 Genovaite Navickaite, jailed Lithuanian Catholic activist 64 17 Ona Vitkauskaite, Lithuanian woman jailed with Navickaite 64 18 Povilas Peceliunas, Lithuanian samizdat activist 67 19 Vytautas Skuodis, jailed Lithuanian writer and activist 67 20 Gintautas Iesmantas, activist sentenced with Skuodis 67 21 Jadvyga Stanelyte, jailed for organizing Catholic procession 67 22 Father Benediktas Povilanskis after assault by thugs 72 23 Father Vladislav Zavalnyuk, Catholic psychiatrically interned 72 24 Ilya Zvyagin, Leningrad Adventist jailed for proselytizing 72 25 Samizdat montage of Baptist prisoners of conscience - 74 26-27 Views of summer camp for Baptist children which led to arrests 75 28 Siberian log cabin of exiled Ukrainian Vyacheslav Chornovil 121 29 Opponents of psychiatric abuse A..Koryagin, I. Grivnina and F.