A Chronicle of Current Events Journal of the Human Rights Movement in the USSR Numbers 37, 38, 39 Xi Via =Ma =PM Mt '11FOROZIAIT011 21mia main Wad .1; .rpr • zaTITE=.=:=. maan,11- ainasI AA 21 feapem MO Nal 0011102111211 tAsrscpre_gre • a.- almr&s.aMt. INdwir. coia. 4 eassr.• , 01111611 11. • Amnesty International Russian original (0;Khronika Press 1977 English translation copyright C Amncsty International, 1978 All rights reserved Published 1978 by Amnesty International Publications Produced by 1mlex on Censorship, 21 Russell St, London WC. Printed by Villiers Publications Ltd, London NW5, England ISBN 0-900058 35 8 Numbers 37, 38 and 39 Copyright of photographs: requests for permission to reproduce any of the photographs in this book should be directed to Amnesty International Publications, 10 Southampton Street, London WC2E 71-IF England. which will pass such requests on to the copyright-holders. Cover: Title page of one of the original sainizehn versions of Chronicle 6 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL is a worldwide human rights movement which is independent of any government, political faction, ideology or religious creed. It works for the release of men and women imprisoned anywhere for their beliefs, colour, language, ethnic origin or religion, provided they have not used or advocated violence. These are termed 'prisoners of conscience'. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL opposes the use of torture and the death penalty in all cases and without reservation, It is now conducting an international Campaign for the Abolition of Torture. 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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL is financed by its members throughout esty International Publications the world, by individual subscription and by donations. 10 Southampton Street London WC22 7HF 1978 .„ Contents Preface vi List of illustrations vii Abbreviations viii Chronicle No. 37 (30 September 1975) Mustafa Dzhemilev has not been freed 2 The trial of Osipov 5 Trials The trial of Roitburd 8 Trials for refusal to do military service (Malkin, Slinin, Vinarov) 10 The trial of Mukhametshin 16 The trial of Gilyutin 17 Pre-trial investigations The case of Kovalyov 18 The case of Tverdokhlebov 20 A case concerning a journal (Jews in the U S S R) 20 The case of Igrunov 21 In the camps and prisons The Mordovian camps 22 The Perm camps 24 Vladimir prison 26 In the psychiatric hospitals 30 About the Crimean Tatars 30 Events in Lithuania The trial of Nijole Sadunaite 33 Other events 35 Persecution of religious believers 37 Extra-judicial persecution 40 State security and artificial intelligence 43 The right to marry 44 About P. G. Grigorenko's pension 46 News in brief 47 Letters and statements 51 Official documents 58 Samizdat news 60 Tamizdat news 63 Trials of recent years (I. A. Vernik) 67 Chronicle No. 38(31 December 1975) Sakharov's friends and enemies 70 Before the trials of Kovalyov and Tverdokhlebov 78 The trial of Sergei Kovalyov 80 Ordinary-regime camps 181 The trial in Tallinn 91 I Releases 182 The trial of Leonid Tymchuk 95 Letters and appeals from political prisoners 184 The appeal hearing in Osipov's case 97 In the psychiatric hospitals 188 The trial of Grigoryants 98 Dnepropetrovsk S P H 188 The case of Vyacheslav Igrunov 99 Sychyovka S P H (Smolensk region) 190 Leonid Plyushch is released to go abroad 104 Kazan S P H 191 A forcible hospitalization (A. D. Ponomaryov) 106 Leningrad and Chernyakhovsk S P Hs 192 The arrest of Mikhail Naritsa 108 Releases from S P Hs 193 In the camps and prisons Psychiatric hospitals of ordinary type 193 Political prisoners' day 109 In defence of Efim Davidovich 194 Diary of camp 35 110 In defence of Mustafa Dzhemilev 198 Perm camp 36 115 Crimean Tatars continue to return to their homeland 201 Perm camp 37 115 Persecution of religious believers 201 Mordovia 116 Events in Lithuania 203 Vladimir prison 117 A case of refusal to give evidence (V. Maresin) 206 Belorussia, Georgia, Krasnoyarsk territory 119 Polemics with Sukharev 208 Letters and appeals from political prisoners 120 Letters and statements 211 In defence of Vladimir Bukovsky 121 Samizdat news 217 i Mustafa Dzhemilev continues his hunger strike 123 News in brief 219 The movement of the Crimean Tatars Addenda and corrigenda 225 Simferopol 126 'The Crimean Hills are in Danger' 126 Endnotes 226 Information Bulletin No. 115 128 Bibliographical note 229 Events in Georgia 129 RSFSR Criminal Code, articles 70 and 190-1 229 The persecution of believers 132 Index of names 231 The position of religious prisoners 136 Public statements by priests and believers 138 Exit visas and call-up papers 140 News in brief 143 Samizdat news 157 Trials of past years (the case of A. Sergienko) 160 Addenda and corrigenda 161 thronicle No. 39 (12 March 1976) Obituary (Grigory Podyapolsky) 164 In the camps and prisons Political prisoners' day 165 The Mordovian camps 166 The Perm camps 168 Diary of camp 35 (September 1975-January 1976) 170 Camp 36 176 Camp 37 176 Vladimir prison 177 Preface List of Illustrations (between pages 24 and 25) A Chronicle of Current Events was initially produced in 1968 as a bi-monthly journal. In the spring of that year members of the Soviet Civil Rights Movement 1. Evgeny Pashnin, Orthodox Christian prisoner. created the journal with the stated intention of publicizing issues and events 2. Sergei Kovalyov, biologist and Chronicle editor. related to Soviet citizens' efforts to exercise fundamental human liberties. On the 3. Vladimir Osipov, sconizdateditor, with his wife and child. title page of every issue there appears the text of Article 19 of the Universal 4. Vladimir Arkhangelsky, member of humanitarian group. Declaration of Human Rights, which calls for universal freedom of opinion and expression. The authors are guided by the principle that such universal guaran- 5. Vasily (Vasyl) Romanyuk, Ukrainian priest, officiating at a wedding. tees of human rights (also similar guarantees in their domestic law) should be 6. Father Romanyuk, portrait. firmly adhered to in their own country and elsewhere. They feel that 'it is 7. Vasily (Vasyl) Stus, Ukrainian poet and literary critic. essential that truthful information about violations of basic human rights in the 8. Stepan Soroka, active defender of prisoners' rights. Soviet Union should be available to all who are interested in it'. The Chronicles Ill consist mostly of accounts of such violations. 9. Bobur Shakirov, Uzbek nationalist. In an early issue it was stated that 'the Chronicle does, and will do, its utmost 10. Semyon Gluzman, critic of corrupt psychiatry. to ensure that its strictly factual style is maintained to the greatest degree 11. David Chernoglaz, Leningrad agronomist, Jewish activist. possible. .' The Chronicle has consistently maintained a high standard of 12. Yury Vudka, dissenting student from Ryazan. accuracy. As a regular practice the editors openly acknowledge when a piece of 13. Anatoly Altman, Leningrad Jewish activist. information has not been thoroughly verified. When mistakes in reporting occur, IV these mistakes are retrospectively drawn to the attention of readers. 14. Leonas Laurinskas, Lithuanian nationalist. In February 1971, starting with number 16, Amnesty International began 15. The grave of Mindaugas Tamonis (1940-75), Lithuanian dissenter. publishing English translations of the Chronicles as they appeared. This latest 16. Nijole Sadunaite, Lithuanian Catholic activist. volume, comprising Chronicles 37 to 39, is, like previous ones, a translation of 17. Julijonas Steponavièius, banned Lithuanian Catholic Bishop. copies of the original typewritten texts. The editorial insertions are the end- V notes (numbered) and the words in square brackets. The table of contents, 18.-22. The 'Estonian Democrats' of Tallinn, sentenced in 1975. abbreviations, extracts from the R SF SR criminal code, illustrations, index 18. Matti Kiirend, Estonian engineer. of names, bibliographical note and material on the outside and inside of the 19. Kalju Mattik, Estonian polytechnic lecturer. cover have been added to help the general reader. None of this material appeared 20. Sergei Soldatov, Russian engineer in same group. in the original texts. 21. Artem Yuskevich, Ukrainian engineer, communist. The endnotes have been kept to a minimum, partly because the text already 22. Arvo Varato, Estonian doctor. refers readers to earlier issues, and partly because the index of names gathers VI together all references to a particular person. Ukrainian names are usually 23. Leonid Plyushch, Ukrainian dissenter, on his release. given in transliteration from the Russian, not in Ukrainian forms. 24. Professor Daniil Lunts (1912-77), top Serbsky Institute psychiatrist. Since Amnesty International has no control over the writing of AChronicle of 25. Beglar Samkharadze, Georgian campaigner for justice. Current Events, we cannot guarantee the veracity of all its contents. Nor do we 26. Ashot Navasardyan, a leader of Armenian nationalist party. take responsibility for any opinions or judgements which may appear or be 27. Anait Karapetyan, member of same party. implied in its contents. Yet Amnesty International continues to regard A 28. Bagrat Shakhverdyan, member of same party. Chronicle of Current Events as an authentic and reliable source of information VII on matters of direct concern to our own work for the worldwide observance 29. Natalya Gorbanevskaya, poet and founder of the Chronicle.